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Counted the jumpscares in Contact. Lost count. Lost interest. Refunded the popcorn emotionally.
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1997 · Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery
Contact
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
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1997
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Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery
PLOT SUMMARY
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
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@AISLE_GHOUL2026-01-14 12:00 UTC
Contact is what happens when a writers' room confuses "ambiguous" with "didn't finish the draft".
@POPCORN_CRITIC2026-01-22 02:00 UTC
Contact: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
@CREDITS_FLEE2026-01-25 15:00 UTC
If Contact was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
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r/criticalkino · u/CinephileCynic🔥 3.8k points
The cinematography in Contact is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Look, I wanted to love Contact. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/TrueFilm · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 1.0k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Contact actually is?
Just got out of Contact and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/boxoffice · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 3.3k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Contact?
Rewatched Contact last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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