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Arrival

Arrival

Score: 5.54 / 10

Release Date: November 11, 2016
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Producer: Aaron Ryder, Dan Levine, David Linde, Karen Lunder, Shawn Levy
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tzi Ma, Mark O'Brien, Russell Yuen, Matthew Willson, Julia Dan, Jadyn Malone, Nathaly Thibault
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Running Time: 116 minutes

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  • 9

    Arrival

    Tuesday, December 27, 2016 1:55:30 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    Very well acted, and well choreographed throughout. (No that doesnt mean dancing). Warning: IF you're shallow and looking for a film that entertains you without expecting you to think, then don't see this one. Try "Secret Life of Pets" or something really simplistic. Otherwise, you will watch this, wish it was over because you didn't understand the nuances in it, and ultimately, you'll give it one star rating like the nice folks above. ;)

  • 2

    Arrival

    Friday, December 23, 2016 10:37:38 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    Wow, if only I had a lamp with a magic genie I would have wished I had never sat in the theatre to slumber through this. So painfully boring and slow moving for me; but then, I am not one of these brilliant five star raters who can see beauty and meaning in watching icicles form and melt; if you are of average intelligence and bored easily; forget this.

  • 1

    Arrival

    Friday, December 23, 2016 10:46:41 AM | (Age Not Specified)

    Wish I didn't watch it...

  • 1

    Arrival

    Friday, December 23, 2016 10:43:39 AM | (Age Not Specified)

    Sooo bad :(

  • 1

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    Tuesday, December 20, 2016 3:31:55 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    Could actually be Amy Adams worst work to date. If I had my way, I'd give it half a star, just for Forest Whitaker.

  • 10

    Arrival

    Monday, December 19, 2016 10:12:53 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    What I would actually call a science story. Not a goofy fantasy

  • 9

    Arrival

    Sunday, December 18, 2016 8:40:23 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    Simply complex! You will be contemplating this movie for days. Acting is awesome and it left you thinking and thinking and thinking.

  • 9

    Arrival

    Sunday, December 18, 2016 8:35:10 AM | (Age Not Specified)

    Absolutely brilliant. For those who hated it, this is not a movie, it is a film about ideas: language, memory and desire (past and future); it is about communication and its centrality to all life. If you are interested in only special effects with people killing one another, and simple good side versus bad side, go see Star Wars.

  • 4

    Arrival

    Saturday, December 17, 2016 8:18:05 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    I wish I had waited to see it on Netflix. I finished watching this movie because I paid for it. I kept hoping it was going to get more interesting and speed up, but it never did, and the ending was anticlimactic.

  • 9

    Arrival

    Saturday, December 17, 2016 1:41:34 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    DIDNT GET IT UNTIL A FEW THINGS WERE SAID NEAR THE END OF THE MOVIE. MADE ME THINK THROUGH THE WHOLE MOVIE.NICELY DONE. WILL SEE IT AGAIN AND B ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT THROUGHTHE MOVIE.ADAMS IS AWSOME AS USUAL.