Customer Ratings & Reviews

Definitely one of the best Sci fi movies i've ever seen.

We had it on VHS and wanted it on BluRay! We love it!

its one of the best movies and one of my favorites

Great movie and was at a great sale price for a BD

Jodie Foster was awesome in this movie! Great story and very believable! If you haven't seen it I would highly recommend it!

I bought this movie as a gift for my brother. He and I both enjoyed the movie.

Solid movie and an interesting story. Bonus features are limited. Price was good

Get some popcorn and enjoy the ride. Thrilling, but not a great ending.

Every time I watch this movie, it seems to get better and better

Good story line and plot. Take home order in and enjoy with a date

Im not a big sci-fan fan but i really enjoyed this movie

Great movie I grew up on in blu ray format for a very low price

I personally like Jody fosters movies. This one is a good one

Wonderful visualization of Carl Sagan's fascinating book.

Contact the movie exhibits the same flaw as the book. The viewer or reader watches or reads the entire movie or book in order to see what the aliens are like and is not rewarded with any hint of what the aliens are like or what their civilization consists of.

Have always been a fan of this movie, in spite of the differences from the book. Still, something about the movie just keeps bringing me back so I just had to purchase the Blu-ray when it was on sale.

This movie is a pretty good representation of the source book by Carl Sagan. The acting by Jodie Foster is particularly great. Great underrated movie.

Big questions. Ambiguous answers. Therein lies the beauty of "Contact," a film boiling over with ideas that remain as thought-provoking when the film ends as they were when it began. Science, faith, exploration, existence itself...director Robert Zemeckis sure does heap a whole lot onto the audience's plate in this one, and that's a welcome change of pace from what "science fiction" has become some 15 years since this film's release (bloated, ideologically empty vessels full of sound and fury but not much else). Equally refreshing is the fact that "Contact" effectively presents a number of different perspectives on subjects that tend to be controversial without ever feeling preachy or didactic. Jodie Foster carries the film, injecting a lot of warmth and charisma into a character who, in lesser hands, could have been massively unlikable and grating. She gets a lot of help from a stellar supporting cast, too (even then-President Bill Clinton has a cleverly embedded "cameo"). There are only a couple of set pieces in the film, but when they hit, they hit big. The opening shot, in particular, is a thing of beauty - even if we've been spoiled to the point that we feel like we've seen something like it dozens of times already by the year 2013. The pace sure is deliberate, and I won't argue with anyone who says "Contact" could be a half-hour shorter and better for it, but it remains a wonderful cinematic achievement worthy of your time if you haven't yet checked it out (and yes, well worth the upgrade to Blu as well).

If you are looking at this listing, I'm sure you already know the plot of the movie so I won't comment on it. If you are thinking about replacing your existing DVD with Blu-Ray, do it! We purchased this to replace our DVD, and the colors and detail are amazing - I enjoyed the opening sequence more than ever before, not only the radio montage, but the details of the earth and the solar system were stunning! The rest of the movie was still good, but the first few minutes just knocked me out!

I liked the movie version even better than the book by Carl Sagan, which had too many subplots and technical detail to make an entertaining movie without some abbreviation. It really is thought (and imagination) provoking, making the prospect of other intelligent life in the universe much more believable than the more "special effects" loaded films that are so prevalent today. Great story, excellent actors and direction. A timeless sci-fi classic.