John Travolta plays George Malley, who owns the local auto repair shop in a small California town. After celebrating his birthday with friends at the local bar/hang-out, George heads for home. He pauses to watch a strange light in the sky, then collapses for a few seconds in the middle of the deserted street. In the days and weeks that follow, George finds his IQ and consciousness expanding dramatically, and develops telekinetic abilities. Despite his attempts to explain what... (Full plot summary below)
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John Travolta plays George Malley, who owns the local auto repair shop in a small California town. After celebrating his birthday with friends at the local bar/hang-out, George heads for home. He pauses to watch a strange light in the sky, then collapses for a few seconds in the middle of the deserted street. In the days and weeks that follow, George finds his IQ and consciousness expanding dramatically, and develops telekinetic abilities. Despite his attempts to explain what has happened to him, with just a very few exceptions, most of the local townspeople treat the "new" George as a freak. His state of isolation becomes even more pronounced when his new-found abilities allow him to correctly predict an earthquake, and outside authorities become interested in what's happened to him.
Leave your thoughts about Phenomenon.
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaA slight but agreeable blend of comedy, drama, and whimsy. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittJohn 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. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's about change, acceptance and love, and it rounds those three bases very nicely, even if it never quite gets to home. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyIn a film that offers itself as a Gump-esque moral fable, Phenomenon could serve as a case study of When Smart Films Fail. |
| Common Sense MediaCharles CassadyGentle tearjerker about sudden mental superpowers. |
| Kansas City KansanSteve CrumFlawed story, but compelling story does hook one. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenSoft to the point of squishiness, Phenomenon is rescued from terminal bathos by Travolta's radiant conviction. |
| CNN.comCarol BucklandTravolta is terrific! And in a movie season dominated by brainless action flicks and big explosions, Phenomenon is something magically different. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackBut 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. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Anne BillsonThis so-so Capra-esque fable with undertones of L. Ron Hubbard takes a turn for the worse after the first hour. |
