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  • Contact
  • Opened July 11, 1997
  • PG
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 10+. Read More
  • In this Zemeckis-directed adaptation of the Carl Sagan novel, Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) races to interpret a possible message originating from the Vega star system. Once first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence is proven, Arroway Read More
  • Cast: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt
  • Director: Robert Zemeckis
  • Genres: Science Fiction, Psychological Sci-Fi

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  • Must Go!

    One of those you can watch over and over

    I absolutely love this movie! It's one of my husband's favorites too. There are so many great quotes. Matter of fact, you can pull them up, just search for Contact movie quotes. The beginning is incredible with the view starting from Earth all the way to outer space and out of the galaxy, and on and on. It's spectacular. The music is great. It's funny, it's interesting. If you haven't seen it yet, you must see it!

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Go Avg. Critic Score 62 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    Contact is superior popular filmmaking, both polished and effective. But...

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Sagan's novel Contact provides the inspiration for Robert Zemeckis' new film,...

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    If you sign on, disarmed of irony, for her trip -- I did -- you'll be rewarded...

  • 70
    Salon.com |

    Faithful to Sagan's brand of popularized science, the film never reaches beyond...

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