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By Harry Guerin (318) for RTÉ (Ireland) (721) on 10 Nov 2016

When it comes to welding audiences to their seats, Denis Villeneuve is on one almighty run…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 10 Nov 2016

This sci-fi drama has an enjoyably brain-bending plot that leaves the audience almost stunned with the weight of its themes…

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By Saskia Baron (43) for The Arts Desk (640) on 10 Nov 2016

If Arrival's ending is a little too upbeat and the explanations for the fractured narrative leave one a bit puzzled, it's still a worthy attempt…

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By Andy Psyllides (52) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 10 Nov 2016

Denis Villeneuve makes this directing lark look easy - whatever the genre he seems to effortlessly step up to the plate and deliver the goods…

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By Staci Layne Wilson (667) for Dread Central (388) on 10 Nov 2016

In the plus column, Arrival feels like a dreamily updated version of 1951's The Day the Earth Stood Still…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 10 Nov 2016

You can pick holes in the plot if you examine it closely but Arrival is so well made and acted that you are willing to suspend your disbelief,…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for New York Times (5,786) on 10 Nov 2016

Arrival isn’t a visionary movie, an intellectual rebus or a head movie; it’s pretty straight in some respects and sometimes fairly corny,…

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By Lucero Solórzano (126) for Excelsior (313) on 10 Nov 2016

A film with a slow pace and sometimes, almost contemplative. It's a hypnotic movie that must be seen more than once. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Tom Shone (158) for Newsweek (1,534) on 10 Nov 2016

Arrival is grand, technically marvelous, solemn, spooky, somewhat unbelievable and sometimes unfathomable…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 10 Nov 2016

Arrival makes a moving case that we’ve only scratched the surface of what we think is possible — and what we define as intelligence…

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By Matt Glasby (349) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 10 Nov 2016

Johan Johannsson's sonorous score is lovely; the performers spot on; and the philosophical concerns deep enough to confuse Christopher Nolan…

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By Kristian M. Lin (336) for Fort Worth Weekly (325) on 10 Nov 2016

Without [Adams], Arrival becomes an arid and talky exercise, but thanks to her remarkable efforts, this thoughtful science-fiction epic has…

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By Steve Tilley (62) for Toronto Sun (419) on 10 Nov 2016

If you're yearning for a smart, thoughtful sci-fi film that wonders how first contact with aliens might go down, this tight little gem of a…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 10 Nov 2016

belongs to the cinematic tradition of philosophical space flicks that ultimately turn inward…

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By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 10 Nov 2016

Villeneuve, cinematographer Bradford Young, composer Jóhann Jóhannsson and editor Joe Walker dole out information and color it in knowing…

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By Deborah Ross (530) for The Spectator (1,162) on 10 Nov 2016

I won't describe the aliens in detail here because the reveal is 87.4 per cent of the fun…

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By Ryan Gilbey (367) for New Statesman (382) on 10 Nov 2016

Where Close Encounters of the Third Kind gazed outward in awe at the universe, Arrival asks only how its mysteries might provide succour and…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 10 Nov 2016

The focus is serious human drama, gripping in a way that sci-fi seldom achieves…

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By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 10 Nov 2016

That Arrival works so well is in large part due to Adams, whose fear/eagerness in confronting beings from another world registers squarely…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 10 Nov 2016

Exquisitely structured in surprising ways which only gradually reveal themselves, Arrival proves thoroughly mesmerizing…

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