PiraBit
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Brennan Camacho
Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
Cody
One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
Jerrie
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
chazzheaton
I thought this movie had such a good premise, and really good execution. The performances throughout the movie were brilliant, the design, cinematography, editing were all fantastic. But the ending ruined it for me, it turned the movie into something it didn't need to be. I won't spoil it as you can make up your own mind, but it left me wondering why it even happened. Overall though, the film is something that the sci-fi genre needed, an alien movie based on intelligence, not shooting them up. It is worth a watch.
ab-47531
There was a time when movie makers treated their audience with respect and maturity, they took time to tell a story and really flesh out their characters; this movie does that and so much more.
This movie follows the "show don't tell" mentality decently well and the twist at the end will really hit home. The power of choices, relationships, and the story's unique take on Aliens coming to Earth are all fresh and well executed. You'll love this movie for the emotion it invokes, storytelling, and VFX (out of this world, pun intended). Worth the watch
sethberkshier
As for the negative reviews, them seem to be focused on the fact that this wasn't an Independance Day type Alien movie or they don't seem to grasp certain concepts that they didn't learn in school. The movie was brilliant but it can only be appreciated by those who are willing to sit back and actually watch the movie without getting hung up on arbitrary facts (its Sci-fi). The plot was really good and the twists and turns left you surprised, and the ending left the viewer in a good spot.
StrictlyConfidential
When it comes to the likes of big-budget SyFy films such as 2016's "Arrival" - IMO - Hollywood definitely needs to make 2 separate versions of the same story. They really do.First there'll be this PG-13 version here. It'll be the one for all of the naive, undemanding, little kiddies out there who have no real expectations about what's what. Yeah. This'll be the version that's guaranteed to keep the tiny tykes quiet and relatively satisfied for a couple of hours.And, then there'll be the adult version of "Arrival" for us grown-ups. And it'll be the one that really gets the viewer thinking about the potential reality of an honest-to-goodness, real-life alien visitation where the story doesn't have one saying "WTF!!??" about every 5 minutes like this version did.'Cause - Believe me - When it comes to being a "thinking" adult - I, pretty much, sum up this version of "Arrival" as being the biggest, the loudest, and, yes, the stinkiest of SyFy farts ever, from this past decade.I ain't kidding.I mean - This one's aliens looked so idiotic that they were downright laughable to me.... So - Like - When is Hollywood gonna give me a break from all of this PG-13 nonsense? Eh? When?
