Knowing is the kind of movie that has an earnest theme that is wholly overcooked, whereby the concepts behind the thematic material of the piece suck all of the creativity and entertainment value from the rudimentary storyline in order to facilitate
the constant revelations of the mystery at the heart of the plot.
The
constant presence
of this
mystery to the world and to human existence is equivalent to what the Christian theological tradition has variously called original, universal, natural or general
revelation, which it distinguishes from the special or decisive
revelation given in Christ.