|  | Actors: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne
Studio: Summit Entertainment
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Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 121 Minutes
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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.7
MPN: 66110365
UPC: 025192031885
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ASIN: B001GCUO02
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: July 7, 2009
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 Stuff Happens September 21, 2009
G. E. Williams (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE STORY SKIP THIS REVIEW
Recently my wife and I watched the two end of the world films The Day the Earth Stood Still and Knowing. And while the acting on both could have been better, and the effects on TDTESS were much cooler, the message from Knowing is one that I enjoyed much better, and thereby the movie was one my whole family enjoyed quite a bit.
That message is that disaster could happen any time, but even with all our faults humanity, is something and needs to be a part of the universe. We enjoyed the tension (such as it was) and while the subplots were merely distracting, the overall message was one to hold to and maybe even work on.
But, that's just me
3 ¾*
 A very thought provoking movie September 21, 2009
Migzilla (Arizona)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In all honesty, I only watched this movie because Roger Ebert gave it 4 stars. I remember seeing the preview long before the movie came out and then almost instantly forgot about it.
Based on his review, I went to see the movie with 2 of my kids. For the first half or 3/4 of the movie, I was beginning to think Ebert had failed me. It's not that I didn't think it was a good movie. It just seemed mediocre. The whisper people were pretty creepy, but still, it didn't make the movie much better.
Near the last 30 minutes of the movie, I changed my mind completely. The last part caught me totally off guard and I loved the movie for it. For a moment I thought Nicholas Cage was going to fix the global wide problem (I don't want to give away too much of the movie) and they were all going to live happily ever after. However, I was wrong. The ending was very sad, but still managed to leave us all on a happy note.
I went back and saw it a second time and was able to appreciate the entire thing. I was able to sit back and wonder if we're alone in the universe or not. I'm convinced we're not alone. But if we're not, who else is out there? And are we in charge of our own destiny or is someone else in charge? Are the creatures we see as aliens the same creatures we've seen as angels? For me, it was a very thought-provoking movie.
Knowing September 18, 2009
A. Pierre (Somewheres)
I could have seen this film at the local theater but it didnt look all that good and alot of reviews said this movie sucks. Then at work a few people said this was a good film, so I waited until it came cheap at the local video store before I watched it.
This film starts off with a little girl who hears voices and she writes down a bunch of numbers that gets put into a time capsule. She then scratches the final number on a door; You would think they'd send her to an insane asylum but she just lives out her life normally. Caleb, the son of John (Cage), gets the numbers when they open the capsule and now he hears voices as well. John is becomes obsessed to find the numbers mean something. The action picks up with a vicious plane crash and John seeks out the daughter of the girl who made the numbers. You know its easier just to watch the movie then explain the whole damn thing. Overall, the movie had a good pace but it always felt like it was lacking something. It also feels like it's been done before but does hook you in, even if you dont want too watch the rest of it. The ending was unique but again it felt like something i've seen plenty of times before. It really felt like an M. Night Shyamalan movie from beginning to end.
 Anti-science propaganda film and weird to boot September 17, 2009
Mr. Jeffrey A. Popova-clark (Gold Coast, Australia)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I suppose I should just let movies make stuff up but when they put Cage in a classroom as a teacher to completely misrepresent two philosophical concepts it puts me offside. Education is so poor these days that movies may be the only place that some people get to learn about these things. Firstly there's not a dichotomy of "determinism" vs "randomness" in science or scientific philosophy. Secondly determinism does not mean "for a purpose" and randomness "for no purpose". If I went round making a movie where I had professors stating things like there are two schools of thought "Jesus was a God and did not bodily visit earth" and "Jesus was just a man who merely died on a cross", I think a few people would get mightily upset. This is because that is a misrepresentation of each of the two schools of thought and it is also making it seem like there are just two. This determinism vs randomness scene is much much worse than that. Then, a few scenes later, a cosmologist is seen reviewing a list of numbers with Cage which predict "past future events" accurately (past future events meaning that the prediction was verifiably made in the past, but has accurately predicted events between the forecast date and the date of review). Cage's character has found the single biggest scientific archaeological find in history. Such an item would be of intense interest to every scientist of any persuasion. But this cosmologist remarks "Every scientific bone in my body says to ignore this?" Whaaaat!!!?!!? Overall the Cage character has two key attributes: atheism and depression. The movie tries to claim that the two are determined by each other until Cage relents in the end. Aside from the anti-science theme in the movie, the movie was OK. I didn't think they spent enough time developing the characters, so you couldn't care about them when things happened. I think its because Cage's character was just so unbelievable that you couldn't develop a rapport with him. I think the reason people found the ending cheesy is that they don't know enough about modern pentecostal theology to recognise it. This movie is a born again christian flic and is an interesting insight into their fantasy world. Watch it with those glasses on and I think it will be worthwhile).
Really good! September 17, 2009
Sandra E. Waldron (Olalla, Washington)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I see some haven't given many stars here...However, I loved it. In fact, I wasn't expecting it to be as good as it is. In fact, I was crying at the end! I know some folks didn't like the way it ended...Yet, I can see that it is a plausible possibility...if one wants to ponder such things. For me, it had a lot of depth and meaning...I would like to know this author better...I didn't see he had a book on it...but he is listed as being the one who wrote the story...Ryne Douglas Pearson. Again, it far surpassed my expectations! I'd give it ten stars if I could. If I am wrong about the author, I hope someone will correct me...
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