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Arrival

20161h 56mMovie

Original language: English

“Why are they here?”

Twelve ships land in twelve countries and a linguist is asked to work out what the occupants want before somebody shoots first. Learning their language changes how she experiences her own life.

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  • IMDb

    9/10

  • Letterboxd

    4.5★

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    4.5★

    Fresh
  • TMDB

    9.5/10

  • Trakt

    9/10

  • Metacritic (user)

    9/10

  • Percent

    90.1%

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Bradford Young

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