Appealing to the cerebrally-inclined
IN cinematic terms, the idea of aliens on our doorstep - to help or to hurt us - is nothing new but Arrival, director Denis Villeneuve's intricate contribution to the genre, manages to stand out in a crowded field by being sensitive, thought-provoking and entertaining at the same time. The film is also impressive visually - and there's not a ray gun-wielding creature in sight.
Movies about first contact between earthlings and aliens have been tackled in one way or another by sci-fi classics such as The War of the Worlds (1953), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and E.T. the Extra-Terrest…
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