PHENOMENON (1996) - ♦♦♦
Directed by - Jon Turteltaub
Written by - Gerald Di Pego
Starring - John Travolta
"A man on his 37th birthday discovers he suddenly becomes a genius, and gets a shock when he realises that this sudden gift could be shortening his life. Travolta returns to the Boy in the Plastic Bubble territory in this medical melodrama. However, though the story is based on very rare but true events, the film doesn’t choose to explore this strange condition in any rewarding or realistic way but rather use it rather unceremoniously in a trivial and and frivolous way. That is a shame, as this bizarre condition is after all what makes Phenomenon so intriguing, and whenever the film chooses to explore it superficially it is still quite involving and strange."
Drama, USA