Phenomenon (1996)
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- Synopsis
- Director Jon Turteltaub followed up the hit While You Were Sleeping (1995) with this fantasy similar to Charly (1968) and a film from the previous year, Powder (1994). John Travolta stars as George Malley, a humble mechanic in a rural California town....
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- Starring
- John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Jeffrey DeMunn, Robert Duvall
- Director(s)
- Jon Turteltaub
- Distributor(s)
- Buena Vista
- MPAA Rating
- PG
- Runtime
- 124 min.
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Critic Reviews
It's about change, acceptance and love, and it rounds those three bases very nicely, even if it never quite gets to home.Read the full review
Phenomenon is a fantasy about super-intelligence that works best if you can switch off your brain. Those who can will reach weepy nirvana. Those who can't will find this sticky-sweet wallow a bit, well, dumb. [03 Jul 1996 Pg.01.D]Read the full review
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.Read the full review
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