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Arrival, The (1996) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Arrival, The (1996) a score of 2.7830 out of 4

based on (61) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(44)

Good

(9)

Fair

(1)

Poor

(1)

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JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")

Think John Carpenter's THEY LIVE mixed into a less-pretentious version of CONTACT, and you've got yourself a pretty neat ALIEN thrill-ride featuring a pretty solid story, good special effects and enough twists and turns to keep you interested all the...read the complete Arrival, The (1996) review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")

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Dragan Antulov

THE ARRIVAL was made with budget significantly lower to INDEPENDENCE DAY, but the lack of visual splendour or huge cast was compensated with a David Twohy's script, incredibly intelligent for 1990s Hollywood standards. Whole alien invasion plot is...read the complete Arrival, The (1996) review at Dragan Antulov

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LowComDom

In the Summer of 1996, when we were all rushing off to see the White House get blown up in Independence Day, another film was completely lost in the debris. The Arrival is also a movie about aliens who have come to take over the Earth, aliens who have...read the complete Arrival, The (1996) review at LowComDom