Arrival | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | February 1, 2022
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A very very deliberate sense of unease is perpetuated.
| genre | Drama | Sci-Fi |
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| synopsis | 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. |
| lead actors | Amy Adams | Jeremy Renner | Forest Whitaker | Michael Stuhlbarg | Tzi Ma | Mark O'Brien | Julia Scarlett Dan | Abigail Pniowsky | Jadyn Malone | Carmela Nozza Guizzo | Andrew Shaver | Shawn Campbell | Larry Day | Pat Kiely | Frank Schorpion | Lucas Chartier-Dessert | Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld | Sonia Vigneault | Mark Camacho | Sabrina Reeves | Russell Yuen | Julian Casey | Tony Robinow | Anana Rydvald | Ruth Chiang | Sergiy Marchenko | Brittany Teo | Chistian Jadah | Joe Cobden | Lorne Brass | Genevieve Sirois | Abdul Ayoola | Bineyam Girma | Abdelghafour Elaaziz | Daniel Esteban | Hal Roberts | Matthew Willson | Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon | Michael Nangreaves | Robert D. Morais | Mustafa Haidari | Albert Kwan | Reda Guerinik | Adrien Benn | Sasha Samar | Kathleen Stavert | Kattia Thony | Leisa Reid | Brent Skagford | Gurdeep Ahluwalia | Brian Dunstan | Dan Duran | Lori Graham | Orla Johannes | Sangita Patel | Tammie Sutherland | Max Walker | John Sanford Moore | Camille Ross | Ola Sturik | Karen Belfo | Chloë Bellande | Philippe Hartmann | Laurean Adrian Parau | Nathaly Thibault | Leslie Baker | Christian Jadah | Alex M. Yeuh | Dave Campbell | Alexander Da Mota | Akul Dang | Frank Fiola |
| director | Denis Villeneuve |