Film recommendation · 2016
Arrival
Denis Villeneuve · 1h 56m
United States · English
Science Fiction · Drama
What is Arrival about?
A linguist is recruited to communicate with visitors whose arrival has unsettled governments around the world.
Why watch Arrival?
A first-contact film where the decisive tool is grammar, not firepower. Its ideas about language and time land because they are finally inseparable from grief, choice and love.
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