Review: In Arrival, 12 extraterrestrial saucers mysteriously appear and float above 12 different places around the Earth. Clueless of what they may encounter, humanity quickly falls into fears and turmoil. A linguistic professor, Dr. Louise Banks (Amy Adams) is summoned into an alien site nearby to decipher the alien's alleged language, to prevent mass hysteria that might lead to a war of the world.
David Villeneuve, director of acclaimed grim thrillers (from Incendies to Sicario), picks up where other 'first-contact' predecessors (i.e., The Day the Earth Stood Still or Independence ...