Arrival: The BRWC Review

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I have been obsessively thinking about this film since I saw it two days ago and only now do I feel fully prepared to write my review. There will not be any spoilers here however if you want my short, concise opinion then here it is. This is intelligent, thought provoking cinema. The type of which we don’t see very often. It is, at times, exhilarating whilst other times I was transfixed by the pacing, the structure, the masterful photography and the incredible performances. Go see it on a big screen as soon as possible!

Now, onto the longer form opinion… Denis Villeneuve is someone I have been paying close attention to ever since I saw Prisoner and Enemy pretty much back to back one weekend. Two very different movies but they had one very important thing in common (well two if you include Jake Gyllenhaal being in them). Both of these films were written within genres we have seen many times before but they brought a perspective and a vision that I could instantly see was far from generic.

My obsession began straight away so when Sicario came out I was at the front of the line to see it opening night and I was completely floored by what he achieved there. Another tried and tested tale of U.S. vs Columbian drug cartels but spun in such a way that we didn’t know what to expect. It also put a strong and interesting female lead at the front and centre and it was one of the year’s best in terms of tension and intelligence.



Now we have Villeneuve’s fourth English language outing and he has, yet again, worked his genre magic but this time in the realm of science fiction. The real beauty in what he and screenwriter Eric Heisserer did was they didn’t spoon-feed us anything. There are parts quite clearly left out that would have been heavily signposted in any stereotypical sci-fi however really all we have here is communication. A need to understand, the ability to collaborate, and the stubbornness and fear to keep our secrets close. It really is masterful stuff and my feeling of being blown away when leaving the cinema still hasn’t really left me right now. If you haven’t seen it yet then don’t read anything more, just go.

If you have seen it just feel so happy that Villeneuve is now in charge of Blade Runner 2049. If anybody can bring us something new, intelligent, and deep from that well it is him. I, for one, cannot wait!!


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