Trailer gave me high expectations and it delivered

Rating: 10/10 (11 November 2016)

The Arrival stunned me.
The trailer showed a linguist establishing contact with aliens. That's what I wanted to see, and I got more.

Great actor performances. Nothing over the top. Realistic human reactions. - Great story. Realistic solutions to realistic problems (if we take for granted that aliens exist, of course) - Believable character development - Believable science (I'm a physicist and speak 4 languages, they did their homework well) - Even if the foreshadowing can be hardcore in your face, it doesn't spoil the end. - CGI where it's needed only - Some great philosophical questions are raised

Like in Interstellar, the final act unfold quickly after the big reveal. Maybe too fast, since the rest of the movie has a slow pace, but that's probably because I didn't want it to end.