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Arrival

7.6/ 10

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19,145

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2016

Release Year

116 min

Runtime

Drama
Science Fiction
Mystery

Overview

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.

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Keywords

spacecraft
extraterrestrial technology
loss
time
alien
language
female protagonist
scientist
heartbreak
based on short story
alien contact
military
alien language
linguist
first contact
communication
linguistics
time-manipulation
determinism
wistful
incredulous
hopeful

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Reviews(5)

7.5avg rating
Smashing UK Productions

Smashing UK Productions

@SmashingUKProductions

December 3, 2016

Prior to approaching this film, a word of warning that it is what many like to call a "thinking person's sci-fi". If you're going to watch this, I beg that you dedicate your utmost attention to it, as it is truly one rewarding experiences, one of the smartest, most well-constructed science fiction m

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Gimly

Gimly

@Ruuz

December 5, 2016

7
7/10

Denis Villenueve offers a great film, but one that is exactly what the trailer put forth, this is not a Sci-Fi War film waiting to happen, or a modern-day horror. It's a character-driven piece about politics, life, humanity and communication. _Final rating:★★★½ - I strongly recommend you make the

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Reno

Reno

@Rangan

February 26, 2017

7
7/10

**It was a perfect contact, but troubled at the communication.** The film was decent. Nowadays there are lots of altered versions coming that you won't easily say those are the remakes or reboots or spin- offs or whatever they call them in these days. Like 'Premotheus' to 'Alien', this film can r

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tmdb47633491

April 7, 2018

8
8/10

"I have a brilliant idea for a movie so what we do is we watch scientists step-by-step learn to communicate with an alien species" "That's awesome but we need an emotional component or audiences will be bored" "Okay the main scientist's daughter is dead and we show clips of that every couple m

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BadChristian

November 19, 2018

8
8/10

Arrival is an attempt to take a more realistic approach to how an alien visitation would play out, especially within global politics. The main thrust is that Amy Adams has to find out what the aliens want before any other country can fuck it up and they did a great job in casting Amy Adams. I'm not

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