Arrival

2016

Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

996
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 83% · 441 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.9/10 10 850399 850.4K

time travel loose adaptation spacecraft extraterrestrial technology loss time

Plot summary

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

Director

Denis Villeneuve Photo
Denis Villeneuve

Top cast

Mark Camacho Photo
Mark Camacho as Richard Riley
John Sanford Moore Photo
John Sanford Moore as TV Anchor
Leslie Baker Photo
Leslie Baker as Middle Aged Woman
Amy Adams Photo
Amy Adams as Louise Banks
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852.73 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 56 min
Seeds 75
1.77 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 56 min
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5.81 GB
3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 56 min
Seeds 100

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by teiixeiral 9 / 10

A beautiful sci-fi masterpiece.

Arrival is a sci-fi masterpiece. The acting is tonally perfect. The script is very well written and manages to make the complicated sci-fi lingo seem plausible. Denis Villeneuve directs this film with a gripping realism. The score is haunting and otherworldly at the same time, perfect for the subject matter. The story utilizes the concept of time brilliantly, almost like it's another character.This is a sci-fi drama. It's not an action film. It's an intimate study that shy's away from big theatrics, instead opting for a philosophical discussion that challenges the viewer. The twist is beautiful and heartbreaking. I love that this film makes you think, it's what great sci-fi is suppose to do.Watch this.
Reviewed by bosporan 9 / 10

"Not sure I believe in beginnings and endings."

An intriguing, challenging and original story focussing on Louise Banks (Amy Adams) a preeminent linguistics professor who must lead humanity in communicating with visiting aliens. It is not Independence Day style all-guns-blazing and action, but rather a thoughtful character driven movie. Adams is fabulous as the protagonist demonstrating bewilderment, perseverance and awe in coming to terms with the aliens' strange language and the impact it has on her. She carries the movie single-handed.The language is the key and changes the way Louise, and perhaps the world, will view things forever and this impact is beautifully demonstrated through the original use of non-linear scenes. The effects the aliens use to write are superb, though understated, like a sort of coalescing squid ink.The visuals are stunning with an original take on visiting spaceships and aliens avoiding lazy humanoid with antennae in flying saucers tropes. The presentation of the complex linguistic challenges, their initial meaning and far-reaching consequences is superb. The subtle meaning of this is difficult to explore without massive use of exposition, but somehow this is achieved with none and the message is shining bright.Highly recommended.
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