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John Travolta. Those ii haggle used to send millions of women (and men) all around the world into a saltation frenzy back in the seventies. He could claim credit for the new-fashioned equivalent of the estrogen brigades (for the net crazy "X-philes") of Fox Mudler and Assistant managing director Skinner. But nowadays, equipped with a paunch and that same disarming smile, he is proving himself to be more than a passing fever. Together with the great retch of this latest offering from the Disney studios, Travolta lifts "Phenomenon" (tele-kinetically, no less) above the mass of mediocre summer releases.For doubting thomases who thought his brilliant gun-slinging portrayal in "Pulp allegory" was just "luck of the draw", his portrayal of a simple(a)ton with secret code but heart should re-categorise Travolta from "comeback kid" to "talented actor" he did not allow "Phenomenon" to degenerate into "Forrest Gump Part 2&qu ot. The similarities are translucent a nice, simple fellow earns the favour of Lady Luck and does erratic things. Yet, thats all there is. "Phenomenon" packs a higher reality-density than "Gump". Countless scenes in "Gump" had me severe to pull wool over my eyes just to stop myself from express mirth at the sheer ludicrousness. Despite the fact that going to the movies is about the rift of disbelief, it should never be equated with treating the audiences as hoards after hoards of idiots. George Malley (Travolta), on the other hand, comes crossways very naturally (and believably) as a small town simpleton who doesnt know what to make of his very strange birthday "present". one flash of light and he flips by dint of calculus books in a flash. Its not heavenly intervention, but unleashing the possibility of what the mind is truly commensurate of.Yet, George quickly learns that he isnt capable of something affecting what other people think. Small -town insecurities and parochialism in brief turn once friends into dumber-than-simpleton fools with the exception of three very well casted characters. Kyra Sedgwick plays arm, Georges love life interest. The agony of having gone through the loss of her perfect family show through her smiles. Despite being intent on keeping George at arms length, head-strong Lace falls in love with George, with no small help from her two precocious kids. Gerard Dipegos choice of the two kids as parallels and inversions of the adults relationship is simply brilliant. It is the unretentive girl who extends herself to George when Lace plays the silent, "I want to keep my life simple" girl.