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Arrival

Play trailer 1:00 Poster for Arrival PG-13 2016 1h 56m Sci-Fi Mystery & Thriller Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.

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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. Go to Full Review
Kristen Lopez Culturess 11/20/2017
Arrival couldn't have arrived (pun intended) at a better time. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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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. See more 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! See more Emma D @RT06234479 6h Terrible and frustrating, the only good thing was the idea of someone trying to understand the aliens language, that’s it. The budget is cheap, the video, the sounds and the terrible green screen or whatever has been used to create any fake effect. And the frustrating part is that whenever it’s getting close to being good, you completely interrupt the scene and move onto the next one. Extremely unrealistic, when did Netflix become so cheap? Do you not have money to buy better movies? Please, do NOT waste your time watching this. See more Fate C. @fate_252 21h Really good movie regarding visuals, plot, and writing. Wish it was longer so it could explain more. To be fair it makes a lot of sense on why they dont explain most of the movie because they want the watcher to dissect the story themselves. If you are smart or emotionally intelligent, this movie is great for you. If you’re a dumbass, dont bother in my opinion, i mean i feel like a dumbass might be able to get a run for this movie. Sometimes in the movie it can’t be quite confusing, but it doesnt take much to dive in and discover what the movie is really about. It intel’s more emotionally intelligence then anything else. See more natapat T @RT48239033 Apr 5 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. See more 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. See more Read all reviews
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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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