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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 09 Nov 2016

Elegant and ambitious, this sci-fi mystery is designed to take on life's biggest questions in the most intimate way…

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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 09 Nov 2016

This rather wonderful science-fiction drama is very much a next-century companion piece to Steven Spielberg's 1977 classic Close Encounters…

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By Vicky Roach (269) for Daily Telegraph (Australia) (376) on 09 Nov 2016

Arrival is reaching for something it can't quite grab hold of. But it comes a whole lot closer than most…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 09 Nov 2016

Enemy and Sicario were unspeakable disasters, and Arrival, the director’s latest exercise in pretentious poopery, gives me every reason to…

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By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 09 Nov 2016

[A] message drama disguised as a science-fiction adventure. Somber and slow-paced, it has been engineered more for the mainstream than fanboys…

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By Matthew Lowe (15) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 09 Nov 2016

a more thoughtful, more intelligent science fiction film than the mainstream usually offers…

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By Michael Heaton (182) for Cleveland Plain Dealer (828) on 09 Nov 2016

It can seem at times intellectually impenetrable and breathily pretentious. But a movie that makes you think? What a novel idea…

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By Julian Roman (454) for MovieWeb (460) on 08 Nov 2016

Arrival is unlike any science fiction film you have seen. It builds like a slow boil into a deeply cerebral, emotionally expansive journey…

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By Sam C. Mac (54) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 08 Nov 2016

The film's searching images counterpoint the hyper-articulate methodology of its characters' sense of imbalance and uncertainty…

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By Witney Seibold (272) for CraveOnline (813) on 08 Nov 2016

No writer or wordsmith or anyone who has studied language will be able to resist this film…

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By Tony Hicks (74) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 08 Nov 2016

Arrival arrives at a good time, as something of a salve for the ugly discourse going on and a reminder to us that thinking big is really worthwhile…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 08 Nov 2016

Adams gives her best performance as a lonely woman who has to make a decision that will haunt her – though perhaps in a good way – for…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 08 Nov 2016

A science-fiction masterpiece that's largely about our perceptions of time and our struggles to communicate...unexpectedly romantic and profound…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 08 Nov 2016

Intelligent, intense, grownup science fiction that will thrill genre lovers and satisfy fans of moving human drama…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 08 Nov 2016

Enlightening, inspiring, sci-fi allegory for our times - one of the year's best…

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By Dwight Brown (181) for National Newspaper Publishers Association (180) on 08 Nov 2016

Don't be dismayed if you can't grasp every plot point quickly and easily. The images you see and things you hear need time to ruminate and be savored…

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By Mara Reinstein (308) for Us Weekly (308) on 08 Nov 2016

The sci-fi thriller not only subverts expectations in brilliant ways, it explores deeply felt themes of life, loss and love…

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By Sean O'connell (919) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 08 Nov 2016

Arrival deserves our attention for being one of the best-paced, expertly shot and awe-inspiring sci-fi dramas to arrive in theaters in quite…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 08 Nov 2016

Arrival is such a beautiful and thought-provoking film that it almost singlehandedly makes up for every bad aliens-coming-to-Earth film you’ve…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 08 Nov 2016

Why did Villeneuve and the screenwriter, Eric Heisserer, let the grade-B military melodrama run away with the story…

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