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Contact
Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy intellectually curious first-contact stories that balance cosmic mystery with debates about evidence, spirituality, and humanity’s place in the universe.
- Tone
- cerebral, contemplative, uplifting
- Payoff
- wonder, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- scientific discovery, faith and reason, human unity, loneliness, political power
- Setting
- contemporary, remote observatories and global scientific institutions
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