Arrival

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Arrival

PG-13

2016

1h 56m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Linguistics professor Louise Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all mankind.

Critics Consensus

Arrival delivers a must-see experience for fans of thinking person's sci-fi that anchors its heady themes with genuinely affecting emotion and a terrific performance from Amy Adams.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

The Blue Lenses

08/25/2018

Arrival transcends the limitations that so often govern the less creative examples of the subgenre, instead using it as a loose conceptual foundation upon which to build a theoretically-informed examination of what precisely ... makes us human.

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Kristen Lopez

Culturess

11/20/2017

Arrival couldn't have arrived (pun intended) at a better time.

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K. Austin Collins

The Ringer

08/10/2017

I think of Arrival in terms of color: the milky grays of the clouds rolling over the Montana plain; the bright blue of computer screens bouncing off the gray tents on the makeshift army compound.

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JD Duran

InSession Film

08/08/2024

The film works as a powerful allegory for how we try to decode and interpret the tragedies of our lives.

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Ankit Ojha

Cinema Elite

07/09/2024

4.5/5

Without spoiling too much, let’s just say Villeneuve and Heisserer use the Kuleshov effect to turn the non-linear storytelling of “Arrival” from a gimmick to an indispensable part of the film.

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Anthony McGlynn

Vague Visages

02/06/2024

Arrival is a work that resents the necessity of violence. However, the film ditches some of the meditative qualities of the bleakness-to-idealism dialectic of the album in favor of making a cold hard stand against war and those who clamour for it.

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Jonathan F

02/05/2022

Extremely short-paced, felt like most of the movie was empty without a real driving story. I would have hoped for more action.

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Katie D

03/15/2021

An amazing film! very well-done, thought-provoking, entertaining and unpredictable. my only complaint is about the loud horn blasts that accompany so many science fiction movie scenes - unnecessary, unrealistic and distracting! other than that it was awesome!

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natapat T

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This might be one of the greatest sci-fi movie of all time.As a 15 years old person I'd would recommend this movie if you love Nolan's film and more confusing movie such as Tenet.

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Penguin O

@Teepeetrailers Mar 26

This was a masterpiece of science fiction, just like Interstellar. Very science-y. We have the very unique idea of learning an alien language not through sound, also being able to find out things in life because of the language (based on the sapir-whorf hypothesis I believe), a lot of time of trying to find out aliens' intentions, non-evil aliens for once, interesting characters, a nice mother daughter relationship that is existent yet non existent, and very original music. The visuals are cool, the emotion is raw...yeah, definite recommend. Though I will say, I feel like Interstellar had more 'heart' maybe. Sorry, I just compare the two a lot.

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Marc W.

@Solarpegasus Feb 28

One of the best SciFi films ever made, no big special effects, or action. Just an extremely well written story with an ending that is both beautiful and sad. This movie for those who appreciate it will leave them crying a little and profound. The plot ending alone is one of the most well written ones in SciFi history. Amy Adams is always great in any role she does, thus why she has been nominated for 6 academy awards already. But in this role she was absolutely amazing. Shame she was not nominated or won an Oscar for this role, because she deserved it.

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Pedro O

@pedrohob91 Feb 27

Denis Villeneuve brings depth to a familiar sci-fi premise through intelligent dialogue and a carefully structured narrative. Combined with one of Amy Adams’ strongest performances, the film transforms a conventional theme into something thoughtful and emotionally resonant.

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Synopsis

Linguistics professor Louise Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all mankind.

Director: Denis Villeneuve
Producer: Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, David Linde
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: 21 Laps Entertainment, Lava Bear Films, FilmNation
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 2016, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Jan 27, 2017
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 31, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $100.5M
Runtime: 1h 56m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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