Arrival

"A beautiful and thought-provoking film (...) 'Arrival' may deal with the idea of alien outsiders, but it’s much more an internal — and excellent — exploration of ourselves (...) Rating :★★★★ (out of four)" 

"Anchored by an internalized performance from Amy Adams rich in emotional depth, this is a grownup sci-fi drama that sustains fear and tension while striking affecting chords on love and loss." 

"Adams (...) is simply stellar (...) Without her, Arrival might be too cerebral to warm up to. With her, the film gets inside your head and emerges as something intimate and epic (...) Rating: 

"An alien-invasion fantasy that operates within the genre at the same time as it subverts it - large-scale movie-star sci-fi filtered through the tricky, esoteric lens of art-house cinema" 

"An alien-visitation drama that has an eerie poetic grandeur, but its net effect is far from out of this world." 

"A great deal of the credit must go to the remarkable short story on which (...) is based (...), but it’s Villeneuve’s dedicated intelligence that brings it off the page and onto the screen with an apparent simplicity that connotes a refreshing faith not just in the material, but in the audience." 

"By turns inviting and opaque, Ms. Adams turns softness and quiet into heroic qualities, keeping her voice low, modulated, and using stillness to draw you near."