"Mommy and Daddy Talk to the Animals"...Cerebral Cryptographic Cinema

Rating: 9/10 (21 February 2017)

A Sci-Fi First "Contact" Movie with Echoes of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) and there is no Better Film to Touch Tone then Simply one of the Greatest, and the First, of the then Emerging Genre.
Like its Predecessor it Succeeds in Delivering a Message to all of Mankind that is such a "No Brainer" that it Reflects the "Human" Condition Profoundly.
The Movie is an Exercise in Cerebral Cryptography, Mood, Life's Emotional Tragedies, and above all, Communication, and even more Precise, Language. The Core of the Movie is a Decipher of Intent. "Why are they here?" is the Marketing Tagline.
The Film's Third Act Reveals the Why and getting there it is Rife with Neurosis, Fear, Tension, and for those Waiting for the Big Battle of the Species...Their Still Waiting.
It's a Movie that Throws Expectations to the the Clouds and Dares Settle on an Intellectual "Interstellar" Meeting of Minds. It Accomplishes this through the Beautifully Subtle Cinematography and the Far from Subtle, Bombastic Sound Design that Heightens the Suspense.
Overall, it's Different than Anticipated, and that in itself is a Good Thing, and takes Audiences on a Journey Inside the Spacecraft, Intent, and the Motivation of a Visitation from a very Non-Familiar "Alien" Species. It Truly is a Close Encounter of the Strangest Kind.