And when the film finally reaches its conclusion, you feel like you’ve been on the journey along with Nate and his suddenly brilliant friend.
Nate is an unassuming man who thinks the air force might be listening in on his shortwave radio.
Phenomenon actually made my father cry (though he refuses to admit it), and Forest Whitaker’s performance, humble as it was, was definitely part of the reason for why it brought my dad to tears.
He also gets tricked into a relationship with a Portuguese woman.