The subject is, of course, fantasy, but it could have been made into a riveting scifi movie. Instead it was turned into a morality tale. The acting was quite good, and did not give rise to the 4* rating. The characters were two dimensional though. Amelia, ironically, was the most developed.
The senator fulfilled every non-USA person's prejudice. The scientists the same. There's little to criticise in the god of your choice v, science, but this film told us what to think. That's copping out.
With better characterisation, with allowing viewers to come to a conclusion, with a bit more action, perhaps it might have been worth watching. It needed more development, more plot, more belief in the film's worth. I feel sorry for the actors who mostly seemed to want to entertain, to get us thinking. But they weren't given the chance.
It wasn't even a good TV movie.
The senator fulfilled every non-USA person's prejudice. The scientists the same. There's little to criticise in the god of your choice v, science, but this film told us what to think. That's copping out.
With better characterisation, with allowing viewers to come to a conclusion, with a bit more action, perhaps it might have been worth watching. It needed more development, more plot, more belief in the film's worth. I feel sorry for the actors who mostly seemed to want to entertain, to get us thinking. But they weren't given the chance.
It wasn't even a good TV movie.