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Phenomenon (1996)

1996 123 min Jul 5, 1996

Storyline

An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.

Release DateJuly 5, 1996
Runtime123 minutes
Ratings
(16 votes, average: 3.44 out of 5)
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Reviews

75
Roger Ebert
It's about change, acceptance and love, and it rounds those three bases very nicely, even if it never quite gets to home.
75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
John Turteltaub directed the drama, which lapses into medical jargon and new-age clichés near the end, but it scores telling points with its respect for intelligence and optimistic view of human potential.
50
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Put simply, this movie is dumb.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
But this soggy, sentimental tour through a rural dreamworld of salt-of- the-earth versus supercharged intelligence never quite gets deep enough to touch the soul -- or to make sense.
50
Barbara Shulgasser
As always, Duvall is magnificent. Even in this small part, he manages to give one of the most stirring performances in the movie.

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