Linguistics professor Louise Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touchdown in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all of mankind.Written by
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The film's composer, Jóhann Jóhannsson, stated he started recording the score before the movie had even started filming, and he and the director like to work on the music as the director's films are being made. See more »
Goofs
When Colonel Weber comes by helicopter to take Louise, he said Gavisti as the answer for Sanskrit word for war. Louise said it means desire for more cows. Actually, the Sanskrit word for war is Yuddha. Gavisti means battle or desire for fighting, so it is close. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Louise Banks:
[narrating]
I used to think this was the beginning of your story. Memory is a strange thing. It doesn't work like I thought it did. We are so bound by time, by its order.
Louise Banks:
[coddling her baby girl]
Okay. Okay. Come back to me. Come back to me. Come back to me.
Louise Banks:
[later playing with her in the yard]
Stick 'em up! Are you the sheriff in this here town? These are my tickle guns, and I'm gonna getcha!
6-Year-Old-Hannah:
No!
Louise Banks:
You want me to chase you? You better run!
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Crazy Credits
After credits have finished, there is a short documentary on the making of Arrival. See more »
This is a very, very well made film, which is thought provoking, measured, engaging, and thoroughly well made.
There is nothing brash, or heavy handed about it, the story is superbly told, with well grounded characters. The story is of course sci fi, and hugely creative, but it's never silly, it is incredibly intelligent.
Awesome special effects, I loved the design of the alien race, and their language, quite incredible.
A story of hope, which I loved. 9/10
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This is a very, very well made film, which is thought provoking, measured, engaging, and thoroughly well made.
There is nothing brash, or heavy handed about it, the story is superbly told, with well grounded characters. The story is of course sci fi, and hugely creative, but it's never silly, it is incredibly intelligent.
Awesome special effects, I loved the design of the alien race, and their language, quite incredible.
A story of hope, which I loved. 9/10