Review of The Arrival (1996) by Roger Ebert for Chicago Sun-Times — 18 Apr 2006
The Arrival fulfills one of the classic functions of science fiction, which is to take a current trend and extend it to a possible (and preferably alarming) future. The Arrival gives its aliens credit for reasoning that we might almost be tempted to agree with.
We're just finishing what you started, one of the aliens tells Zane, referring to the smokestacks, auto exhausts, rain forests and so on. What would have taken you 100 years will only take us 10. He, or it, has a point.
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This review of The Arrival (1996) was written by Roger Ebert and published by Chicago Sun-Times on 18 Apr 2006.
The Arrival has generally received mixed reviews.
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