Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a terrific science fiction film, based on an equally fine short story. Excellent character development and performances, especially by Amy Adams (terribly snubbed by the Oscars). Not just your standard first contact plot, but a mind bending exploration of time, language. communication, love, and loss.

Great movie, kept you interested the whole time. You really need to understand the language of the aliens like she did, in order to understand what the Aliens were trying to tell us. As I said mind boggling. Pay attention to the ending of the movie, to really understand the whole plot of the movie. Very good.

This movie is nothing what I expected it to be. However, to say my expectations were exceeded is an understatement. It's not an action-packed Alien movie, but it is very well-paced and rewards you with an incredibly inspiring and thought-provoking twist that will stay with you long after the credits roll.

If you think you've seen it all, you probably have. And then you see a movie like this and you find yourself holding your breath waiting to see what will happen, stretching your mind to figure out what is happening as the pieces are revealed, and actually interested in the plot. Wow! What a refreshing movie.

The mixed reviews are disappointing. This movie was excellent. It's not an action movie. The people who said it was boring were expecting a Star Wars/Star Trek style action thriller but it was more intellectual, similar to Interstellar and The Martian. If you enjoyed Interstellar you'll enjoy this.

Ignore this review. I haven't watched the film yet and am just reviewing it because BB bugged me too. I like Amy Adams and she got nominated for an Oscar for the role, so it can't be bad. And I like intriguing SciFi films, so I bought it when in the store.

I was excited to see Arrival. Critics were raving about it. It got nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. It must be a great film, right? Either it went completely over my head or it's not worth all the hype it got. It wasn't a bad film, but it was rather boring from start to finish. Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner basically spend two hours trying to learn the visiting aliens' language so they can eventually ask them why they have come to earth. Once they find out, in a very vague and anticlimactic response, the film is more or less over, and you really have no idea what the point was. I was pretty disappointed to say the least. I should have just gotten the dvd from Netflix instead of buying it.

Though I love a good sci fi alien flick, wow did this movie turn around and completely surprise me. There's a fantastic twist to the story and though it seems slow-moving and disjointed at first, the pieces all wrap together nicely at the end. I recommend for a "something different" kinda movie night.

This was a good movie. It has great acting and a very complex story. It's not your normal alien invasion type movie. It's more dramatic then action filled, but it leaves you wanting more and guessing if you understand what you just saw. I recommend it.

This movie is a very different kind of movie. The sound is reference grade, the sound from the jets, and helicopters makes you feel like you are there. The deep sounds from the sound track very different. The story line is great, any moves right along. This film is highly recommended and is a must see.

Arrival, the shimmering apex of Villeneuve’s run of form that started back in 2010 with “Incendies,” calmly, unfussily and with superb craft, thinks its way out of the black hole that tends to open up when ideas like time travel, alien contact and the next phase of human evolution are bandied about.

Come back !!!! Aliens / UFOs Not your typical alien movie with E.T. But great actors and great picture . Great from start to finish and a good movie to stay up late and watch with family into sci fi Or with the old man (grandpa/ Dad) to tell his conspiracy theories with after haha

Sometimes I get tired of action movies where everything always blows up followed by massive death and destruction. Arrival is a movie with that potential- well you'll have to see for yourself. It is smart and yes you have to pay attention. And Amy Adams is in it! $19.99 on Blu RAY at Best Buy.

I saw this movie in the theater and missed a lot of details but liked the story so I was happy to watch again at home I was not disappointed it's not a high tension or action film but a different take on aliens visiting earth I recommend it enjoy!

You have to pay attention to this one to figure out the twist. Great picture quality and the surround soundtrack really adds to the atmosphere and tension. So much better than your standard "beat 'em up; blow 'em up; shoot 'em up" action adventure. Amy Adams earns the Oscar recognition.

This was an excellent movie in that it was thrilling and held your attention throughout the entire film. Wanted to see it in the theater but the opportunity didn't present itself. However, glad that I purchased Blu-Ray which will allow me to continually enjoy this film - over and over again.

"Arrival" is a top-notch science fiction movie, and Amy Adams was, hands down, the best actress of the year for her role in it. It was smart, beautifully written and compelling. The movie kept me guessing until the very last scene. It is one of the finest films I have ever seen.

I wish that I had seen it in the theater, but the video experience was a close second. Amy Adams' character was exceptional and the movie was deserving of its' Oscar nod. Thankfully, I had not been "spoiled", so the unexpected ending was incredibly powerful. I will watch it again and again.

I'm a critical movie reviwer and I think this movie is one that I will watch again and again. It dawns on you as the movie progreses that something else is going on besides the main plot. It was fun to talk about the moive after it was over as we pieced togther at what point we caught on.

The story kept building on it's self and never fell apart. It just got deeper. I loved the acting and the whole story. Only thing that stuck out as an error too me was the filming location vs where they was portrayed to be. But it's all to be make believe anyways so I will over look that.