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Friday, November 11, 2016

Arrival ****

Denis Villeneuve directed this Sci-Fi/Action film. Watch Preview. Cast: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg. Rated PG-13 for brief strong language. Running time is one hour and fifty-six minutes.

When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team - lead by an expert linguist (Amy Adams) and a physicist (Jeremy Renner) - are brought together to investigate the American site.

Yes. this is a Sci-Fi film complete with spaceships and aliens you see and hear. But they really aren't the final focus of this film. What the focus actually is will take to the end of the film for you to discover. And, after you do it will take some thinking on your part to finally realize what's happened. As far as I'm concerned, this is one of the best  films I've seen this year. I like Sci-Fi and I like films that make me think, rather than just putting me on a path I can clearly see...where I'm just along for the ride. I had no idea  how this would end, but after some thought, all was clear and the resolution was satisfying. The cast is first rate and the CG are not overdone. I rather doubt this will be a big  picture but I think you'll find it mesmerizing if you decide to go.

There  are no additional scenes after the credits begin. Screen size is relatively unimportant. Theatres/Times.

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