Louise, who is a Linguistics Professor, helps the military translate the language of those who have arrived.

Rating: 9/10 (15 December 2016)

This contains minimal spoilers! Arrival is not your typical alien movie where suddenly, the Earth finds itself in a war with hostile extra- terrestrials. Arrival brings so much more depth to the table and really strives to make the viewer think outside of the box... or pod. The beginning of the movie starts off with so much mystery. What are the pods? How many of them? And ultimately leaves the initially unanswered question of "What is their purpose here?" This question is continually asked throughout the film and is eventually answered close to the very end just as all Hell is about to break loose at the hands of Russia and Japan. With a wonderful twist, the ending is a surprise and adds to the mystery of life in the Universe. "What is their purpose?" "What is our purpose?" These questions remain, but Arrival gives a beautiful possibility.