For the first time in a very long time I am wholly satisfied

Rating: 9/10 (7 February 2017)

For me, this film is so groundbreaking and profoundly moving that it doesn't require a lengthy review. Indeed, for me, no review could really do it justice. Suffice it to say that when a film is as brilliantly crafted as Arrival, it articulates itself so acutely that it renders potential reviewers capable of little more than diluting its purity and thus, ultimately doing it a disservice. In my humble opinion Arrival hits the spot on a multiplicity of levels. Examining as it does an experience of alien/human interaction in a fashion that is; innovative, plausible, thought provoking, inspiring and completely moving. Nothing is perfect, and Arrival certainly avails itself of the proverbial 'poetic license' but believe me, as a viewer you won't care one iota about that. We are, after all, talking science fiction here.... how true to life, accurately scientific and technically robust can a film grounded in beguiling fantasy really be? Take it for what it is, Sci Fi at its very, very best and you most certainly won't be disappointed. A sci fi masterpiece to top all others this century so far.....