Incredible movie experience

Rating: 10/10 (10 March 2017)

"Arrival" is an incredible movie experience, featuring the super-smart, super-sensitive Louise as the linguist who gets to meet and "get to know" the aliens who have mysteriously arrived on earth. Yes the movie moves and unfolds very slowly, but it has to to make you feel the weird, stark-eyed fascinated uneasiness of the characters as they come face to face with these beings. I am not even sure there is a word or words that describes what that must feel like, but the movie makes you feel it anyway. Everything else in between is well done as well, the dream sequences with Louise and her child, the tension between her and the government types, the fascination and eureka moments as she begins to unlock their language and their reason for being here. Hats off to the director and to Amy Adams for an incredible performance.