How sad is this?

Did you people see the same film I saw?

Beautiful, moving film.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

"Everything is on it's way to Somewhere" was a wonderful quote from the movie. All three individuals share eating the apple and it becomes part of them...forever.Anyway, the movie was decent. Too much emotional strain on a lot of the characters, but that seems to be typical, modern homo homo sapiens behavior (and Hollywood.) The science talk and science experiments throughout the movie was my favorite, even though there was a non- believable mysterious light that came from the sky and made John T. super smart. The town appears to be very close with one another. The woman John T. displays interest for throughout the movie demonstrates a "hard to get" attitude. That was annoying to watch because women who display that selfish behavior can live alone for the rest of their lives for what it matters. Overall, it was a decent movie.

Saw this movie today, I personally like Travolta's acting and some of his movies which are favorite to me are Broken Arrow, Swordfish, Face Off. The movie is great, acting is superb esp John Travolta, Direction and Story is also touching. Yes the movie succeeds in touching your heart. Movie is Romantic and acting of other casts are also above mark, Forest as well as Duvall both did good job. Hope we see this kind of movie making often. In the end it leaves audiences thinking about life's true meaning. One dialogue in last in which Travolta speaks with Surgeon, about what is the purpose of spirit, Science, Technology human life is remarkable.

It was right about at this time in John Travolta's career that he won the battle...the battle of convincing me that he was an actor of note. I grew up with Travolta on "Welcome Back Kotter", and I was not impressed. A number of movies went by, and I saw a few...and became cautiously optimistic that maybe he was at least an "okay" actor. But with a few films right around 1996, including this one, he won me over. No, he's no Laurence Olivier, but he's a very pleasant and often very interesting actor. This may be his best role, although you don't realize it until well into the movie when he begins to have a sort of breakdown, and you see the transformation of the character he plays.The story is a good one...a man she some flashes of light in the sky and suddenly becomes brilliant, learns things remarkably fast, develops complex and original ideas, etc. Of course, the government gets involved, and eventually -- when they realize he will soon die -- they want to do open brain surgery to learn as much as they can. Will they succeed? Meanwhile, throughout the film he is trying to win the heart of Kyra Sedgwick...who's a hold out of sorts...the rest of the town loves him...until his weirdness begins to freak them out.Personally, I'm not a fan of Kyra Sedgwick, and I wouldn't have cast her in this role...although she does "okay". Similarly, I wouldn't have chosen Forest Whitaker as the role of best friend. Robert Duvall is another actor I never cared for...but, it has been re-looking at roles like this that have led to me reconsidering the quality of his acting, and I have to admit I was wrong...he was and is a terrific actor, and demonstrates that again here. It was nice to see Richard Kiley as the brain specialist here, not that his character is one you are apt to like. Bruce Young seemed an odd choice as an FBI agent.The film doesn't have a happy ending, but it's just about the only ending that it could have. Highly recommended, at least once.

This movie was in my cable last week and for some reason, I never heard about it. "Phenomenon" isn't a known movie in Brazil, but that didn't stop me watching it. In the first minutes, John Travolta's character gains a strange power that makes him extremely intelligent. For obvious reasons, people start threatening him, living up to the famous phrase "the nail that sticks out gets hammered". Cast has common performances, with highlight to the bar fighting scenes. Even thought the plot doesn't get deeply into a romance or anything, we have beautiful messages and thoughts about life in general; George Malley is a great character and sometimes I could identify myself with him. The ending is beautiful and not that cliché. Worth it.