Arrival (2016)

Name: Arrival
Released: 2016
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O'Brien

• Movies, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

• 116 min

7.6

Why are they here?

Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Casting: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O'Brien, Tzi Ma, Abigail Pniowsky, Julia Scarlett Dan, Jadyn Malone, Frank Schorpion, Lucas Chartier-Dessert, Christian Jadah, Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld, Andrew Shaver, Pat Kiely, Sonia Vigneault, Mark Camacho, Sabrina Reeves, Julian Casey, Tony Robinow, Larry Day, Matthew Willson, Ruth Chiang, Russell Yuen, Sergiy Marchenko, Anana Rydvald, Bineyam Girma, Abdelghafour Elaaziz, Abdul Ayoola, Alex M. Yeuh, Daniel Esteban, Albert Kwan, Brittany Teo, Joe Cobden, Lorne Brass, Genevieve Sirois, Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon, Michael Nangreaves, Reda Guerinik, Adrien Benn, Sasha Samar, Kathleen Stavert, Kattia Thony, Leisa Reid, Brent Skagford, Gurdeep Ahluwalia, Shawn Campbell, Brian Dunstan, Dan Duran, Lori Graham, Orla Johannes, John Sanford Moore, Sangita Patel, Hal Roberts, Camille Ross, Ola Sturik, Tammie Sutherland, Max Walker, Marc-André Goulet, Paul-Antoine Taillefer, Martin Jr Pelletier, Carmela Nozza Guizzo, Robert D. Morais, Mustafa Haidari, Philippe Hartmann, Laurean Adrian Parau, Nathaly Thibault, Leslie Baker, Dave Campbell, Alexander Da Mota, Akul Dang, Frank Fiola
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 2016-11-10
Status: Released

Tags: spacecraft, loss, time, alien, language, female protagonist, scientist, heartbreak, based on short story, military, alien language, linguist, first contact, communication, linguistics, time-manipulation, determinism, time manipulation

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.