Seriously, just go watch Contact again, because it's way better than this. Arrival is trying to be Contact and it just falls flat.
A male protagonist would have helped. Being less slow would have helped. A better soundtrack would have helped.
This review of Arrival (2016) was written by Night4 on 25 Mar 2017.
Arrival has generally received very positive reviews.
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