ARRIVAL

Arthur C Clarke famously said there are just two possibilities: that we are alone in the universe, or we aren’t, and both are equally terrifying. The first terror is harder to put on film, but director Denis Villeneuve brings the second to life with this freaky and audacious contact sci-fi – and makes it something other than terror.
Arrival is a big, risky, showy movie that jumps up on its high-concept highwire and disdains a net. And yes, there are uneasy moments of silliness when it wobbles a little. But this is an exciting film, with a great performance from Amy Adams, all about the romance of other worlds, and this one.
(Marcus Christenson, The Guardian)