A Jaw Dropping Masterpiece!

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 2016)

This film completely captivated me. I left the movie theatre with my head in the clouds not realizing what had just happened to me. Everything seems plain after such a viewing experience. This movie is beautiful, despite it's dark aura and it's agonizing soundtrack. Who are deliciously perfect, by the way.
It is very rare that I award such a high score but ¨Arrival¨ merits it widely. Denis Villeneuve knows how to make good movies, he knows how to tell a story and this time he surpassed himself. All actors are perfect, starting with Amy Adams who deserves an Oscar for her touching, deep and moving performance. She has nothing to envy anyone, she is simply perfect. Going from each of her looks to each of her breaths when she has to face her fear of the unknown by entering the entrails of an extraterrestrial vessel, she is remarkably excellent. Led by master, Villeneuve succeeded in taking her on the road to perfection. And we believe it. So she is good and so her silences are loaded with emotions, her breaks are never annoying and her ¨flashback¨ are always relevant.
I did not expect to be transported into such an exciting drama. We are immersed in it from the first minutes and until the end we wonder how this relates to the story of these creatures that reach the four corners of the globe. But the two are intertwined and form an whole immensely coherent.
I loved the language lessons throughout the film. Because language is the node of the latter. It is all a question of communication, of being able to understand oneself and especially of understanding ¨them¨. Then there is time space that plays its role wonderfully. It surprises us, transports us and for my part completely bewitched me.
The tension is always present without ever falling into excess. We want to know more and each pieces of the puzzle fits it's own way, in time and the final close the loop ingeniously.
I'm already eager to re watch this flick and reenter the strong emotional charge and enjoy every minute of it again!