I didn&#x27;t read the book, only watched the movie.<p>And i am saying quite seriously: Until i read the post above i did not see <i>anything</i> religious in the movie. Whatsoever.<p>I do realize that this is highly likely to be due to being not an american and coming instead from a culture where religion is looked upon as at most a hobby, something a vanishingly small percentage of people spend time on and even less take seriously.<p>Thus: Interpreter matters. Whether Contact manages to touch on religion at all is highly dependant on the subjectivitiy of whoever watches the movie.