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Weekend Film Reviews

Arrival

We yearn to believe what Arrival has to tell us -- that life on earth isn't all there is, that we're connected to the cosmos, that time flows more mysteriously than we can fathom.

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By Joe Morgenstern • Nov 12, 2016 • 3m Listen

What is remarkable about Arrival is its contemplative core. The film is very much of its time -- open to other dimensions of existence, yet coolly observant in the process.

Photo: Amy Adams as Dr. Louise Banks in Arrival.

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