One of the most overrated movies in recent years.

Rating: Null/10 (21 January 2018)

Denis Villeneuve is a skilled director. "Arrival," however, is a letdown of a movie. Amy Adams is weak as a linguistics professor trying to figure out the language of an alien race that invades Earth. For nearly two hours her and the bland Jeremy Renner try and figure out what the aliens are saying, a ridiculous and boring plot that fails to make its substantial nature revealed. What happens next is a series of mind-bendeling reveals relating to time and space that don't fit anywhere into the story and leaves us with a rather bitter ending. While "Arrival" has a great score and some skilled cinematography, it fails horribly as a movie too deliver a good story.