Huge Human Slap (Not only for philosophy junkies).

Rating: 9/10 (13 January 2017)

Humankind feels threaten by the sudden invasion of alien ships. Following the unexpected personal journey of Amy Adams' character and how her passion for linguistics can be the world's only hope.
A powerful science fiction which might be hard to dig if loose focus (which is very unlikely to happen). In spite of it's low pace, I felt intrigued from beginning to end. The first half of the movie uses a high doze of suspense with the unknown of the alien's intentions. Once you get passed the tension, you start experiencing the magic of the discoveries and new fears of our little human friends facing something way out of their league.
Even though the film is thought provoking all the way to the credits, some things didn't fully clicked in. At moments you can feel overwhelmed with the amount of information. But once I left the theater, it all made sense. I loved that after feeling of "It was right there the whole time!"... when it really kicks in, as in this case.
Even though it has been sold as an "Alien movie" I don't thing it belongs there; this is something else. An outstanding accomplishment of director Villeneuve, who manages to make a film around written language through mesmerizing photography and powerful performances. Slapping us all humans without compromising the characters' transformation and story.