The film depicts the personal and professional crises a writer experiences after a series of encounters with non-human beings.
The film strongly benefits from the performances of Christopher Walken and Lindsay Crouse. Walken (always engaging) manages the challenging task of making Whitley Strieber a compelling character; you care about him even if you don't necessarily like him 100% of the time. Crouse succeeds as Whitley's wife; the two together are immediately believable as a married couple.
The film is arguably the most intelligent film about the alien abduction/ visitor phenomenon. Unlike countless cheap, made-for-TV films, where the emphasis is on the sensationalistic, "shocking" aspects of the subject, COMMUNION focuses on the psychological and emotional harm the experience does. We see Strieber describe his experiences to his medical doctor, and then to a psychiatrist. Once his own mental health has been established, then (and only then) does he begin to consider the possibility that the creatures he has seen are actually real.
After questioning everyone from medical professionals to fellow abductees, Whitley realizes the only ones with the answers are the visitors themselves. At the film's climax, he willingly presents himself to the visitors. This is what makes COMMUNION transcend every other film about the phenomenon.
Director Phillipe Mora successfully creates a "you-are-there" atmosphere, letting the actors improvise a lot of their dialogue. There are two distinct moods: one, where things are brightly lit, secure, and normal; and secondly, the dark, unsettling world Strieber inhabits only with himself and with the visitors. Mora's direction is subtle, with cues in both the dialogue and a detailed, occasionally wry visual style.
Another plus is Eric Clapton's opening and closing theme music.
粉丝向作品,零分电影。主人公形象过于可爱,鬼马作家模范煮夫天才爸爸外星舞伴,name your own best Walken and you can have it all here。据说连片中他妻子的演员都是沃肯自己挑的……well her acting was painful to look at……但80-90年间的沃肯真好嗑啊(望天
BSC频道HD双语字幕109分钟,用情景喜剧浮夸的表演技法演绎科恐影片实属罕见,给及格分!
切入角度很独特,使用了大量心理暗示与催眠来进行意识还原,并深入的探讨了家庭关系与感情变化在接触事件后的影响。如果剔除外星元素简直就是部带有实验色彩的家庭伦理片,但本片摊上了真实事件改编的名头,肇事者继续对准了臭名昭著的小灰人,揭秘工程爱好者可以看上一看。