Archive: Keswick Film Festival - Critic's Choice: Arrival

Saturday 18th February 5:00 PM - Alhambra

Critic's Choice: Arrival

Director: Denis Villeneuve Country: USA
Cert: 12A Year: 2016 Length: 116 mins

2017 Festival

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Audience Reaction

Score: 80.12% Attendance: 132

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Karen Krizanovic's choice stars the wonderful Amy Adams in Arrival, which has received plaudits across the world.

When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team – led by expert linguist Louise Banks – is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers – and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.

Thanks to Entertainment One

Critics

A magnetic, brilliant and captivating film where the director knows how to tense the threads that unite the imagination of the spectator with the imagery of distant worlds.