Reviews

This so called "documentary" is absolutely rubbish!! A documentary should be insightful and educational. This clearly is NOT! This is as educational as watching monkeys throwing cr@p in a cage.

This so called "documentary" is about a backward redneck called Nathan, a poster boy for white trash! Nathan gets shot in the butt whilst on duty in Afghanistan. During his recovery we are exposed to his stale mind numbing drivel, backward philosophy and complete lack of insight into anything.

If you're an American you would probably find this semi interesting, as there is nothing like the story of a white trash redneck and his pointless experiences in the war.

This piece of cinematic trash has absolutely no redeeming qualities what so ever. Its unimaginative, unoriginal, stupid, and worst of all, its BORING!

Nothing is relieved, nothing is explained and the story line is stupid and full of holes! The film basically ends where its starts.

The alien "squids" have the ability and intelligence to travel halfway around the universe/Galaxy (we never know) and can predict the future, transcend space and time, but some how, they are unable to communicate with us primitive humans, except through some bizarre form of symbols which they spray into a glass panel, and the US linguist, Louise, is somehow able to translate this within an amazingly short period of time (how, we never know)

Ian, the theoretical physicist, is a total waste of space and contributes nothing to the film apart from being Louise's future breeding partner for producing a child. Yes, its that pathetic and emotionless.

The "film" attempts to convey meaning and emotion with Louise having constant flashes of a daughter she is yet to have. But this is nothing more then pretentious rubbish and is just plain boring!!

The characters in the film are uninteresting. Never did i feel a connection or interest. They are just dull as cardboard.

In the end the aliens leave.... that's it, and the credits roll. No answers, no resolutions, NOTHING!

I have no idea how this "film" has such a high approval rate or what the appeal is.

On a scientific level, it offers nothing. Story line, it goes nowhere. Suspense, drama, entertainment, non-existent!

The only good thing about this film was that it cured my insomnia.

Arrival = total garbage!

I don't know what all the "hype" is about. Are people so easily pleased? This film is neither interesting nor scary, its boring, annoying and poorly written.

Firstly, the all female cast have poor chemistry and uninteresting dialog. Their "fun times" in the cabin seem forced, fake and slow, mixed in with cheap, pop out scares, however i had little invested in the characters and i found myself waiting and waiting for something interesting to happen. Secondly, the cave creature were unimaginative, unoriginal and stupid. They looked like a cheap and angry imitation of Gollum from LOTR. Apparently these creatures cannot see, hear or smell. They function totally by sonar. They also haven't evolved to use tools or weapons and can be beaten up and killed by humans. Not very scary or smart. It also make me wonder, how do these creatures actually survive underground and hunt/gather food? We see a lot of bones from dead animals, but these creatures are not smart, cunning, powerful or fast. The ending was OK, and probably the best part of the film, but it wasn't enough. Annoying, dumb and boring. Give is a miss.