The Arrival: Critic Reviews

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  • Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)
    17
    [Sheen] spends most of the movie in a kind of sweaty apoplexy that makes one worry for his health.
    Full Review » 16 years ago
  • Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)
    A movie that shoehorns a blunt warning into its silly but entertaining story of a young radio astronomer's one-man battle against sinister extraterrestrials.
    Full Review » 12 years ago
  • Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)
    88
    The movie is as smart as ``Mission: Impossible'' is dumb.
    Full Review » 12 years ago
  • Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)
    50
    Full Review » 12 years ago
  • James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)
    75
    This is not a dumb movie; in fact, with its heavy reliance upon real science, it's startlingly credible.
    Full Review » 12 years ago
  • Steve Biodrowski Cinefantastique
    Less an alien invasion movie than a conspiracy film (it just hapens to turn out that the conspirators are aliens).
    Full Review » 3 years ago
  • Geoff Andrew Time Out
    What it lacks in sophistication (everything), it partly makes up for in sheer gall.
    Full Review » 6 years ago
  • Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com
    40
    You know a movie's in trouble when it's called The Arrival and nothing arrives -- the film's aliens are already here.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com
    40
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Lori Hoffman Atlantic City Weekly
    80
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI)
    80
    The aliens-among-us plot gets a very entertaining and inventive update.
    Full Review » 8 years ago
  • Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion
    40
    Full Review » 8 years ago
  • Spence D. IGN Movies
    80
    Full Review » 8 years ago
  • Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews
    70
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Jim Shelby Palo Alto Weekly
    75
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Brian Mckay eFilmCritic.com
    60
    A good premise, hampered by a weak ending.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
    60
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • David Nusair Reel Film Reviews
    88
    ...The Arrival is a stylish and fast-paced thriller.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Kevin N. Laforest Montreal Film Journal
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle
    75
    It's a strong, lean piece of writing that moves quickly. Nothing is wasted, and nothing happens the way you'd expect.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Dwayne E. Leslie Boxoffice Magazine
    Sheen is working outside of his element, but the energy he puts into his multidimensional character helps keep the story moving.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Prairie Miller WBAI Web Radio
    Full Review » 11 years ago
  • Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope
    90
    Full Review » 11 years ago
  • Louis B. Hobson Jam! Movies
    Full Review » 12 years ago
  • Scott Renshaw rec.arts.movies.reviews
    70
    Full Review » 12 years ago
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