An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
 
It will actually be a Phenomenon if you don't cry during this movie.
 
FUN FACT:  Forest Whitaker's character (Nate Pope) is an amateur radio operator with the call sign "WB6QLF". QLF is an amateur shorthand for "I am sending with my left foot", a reference to someone whose Morse Code sending skill is very bad. This is normally sent as a question "QLF?" meaning "Are you sending with your left foot?" to an operator who is very difficult to understand in Morse.