I just watched "Contact" again on TV; I hadn't seen it in many years but it is as I remembered. While it is a decent film, it is somewhat frustrating though. It never really goes anywhere and takes much too long to do it. The only bright spot is Matthew McConaughey, as he so often is. And some of the visuals get hard on the eyes, especially toward the end. So, in summary, not a terrible film, but not really a good one either. Thus I rate it a 6/10. While it does well at expressing our collective aloneness and transience in such a big universe, the film can't help but feel as hollow and soulless as the atheism which permeates it. Not a movie that I plan on watching again.