
Linguistics professor Louise Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touchdown 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 of mankind.... (Full plot summary below)
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Linguistics professor Louise Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touchdown 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 of mankind.
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| Daily Record (UK)Garry McConnachieArrival is bold, emotionally-resonant and poignant. It's science fiction at its most beautiful with a finale that will simultaneously make your heart swell and break. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.No film like "Arrival" has accomplished the examination of the inherent importance of language... |
| Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)Brian GibsonIt's remarkable how far Villeneuve, too, has travelled -- from minor but impressive Quebec features to big-budget filmmaking that's turned mainstream genre-fare into thrilling, atmosphere-rich cinema. |
| Daily StarAndy LeaIn it's own way, this beautifully shot, brilliant acted and smartly written movie is as exciting as Independence Day or War of the Worlds. |
| EscribiendoCineBenjamín HarguindeyA film with a highly creative story, that genuinely questions human perception and explores the limits of science fiction. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendricka powerful, deeply felt, wonderfully evocative film that will rightly takes its place on the mantle of great science fiction |
| StarburstJack BottomleyWorks like this are why we love going to the movies. |
| Vanguardia (Mexico)Carlos Díaz ReyesArrival is one of the best films of the year and probably, one of the best movies about extraterrestrial invasion ever made. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Hindustan TimesRohan NaaharAwarding it a bag-full of Oscars come February would be too puny a recognition, too inconsequential; it deserves to be shown in museums, to governments, in schools. Missing it should be outlawed. |
| El Nuevo Herald (Miami)Pilar AyusoArrival is a very entertaining film and an emotional show of good cinema, at a dramatic, visual, sound and interpretive level. [Full review in Spanish] |