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The Arrival
After astronomer Zane Zaminski (Charlie Sheen) discovers a radio transmission that originated from space, he tells his boss, Phil (Ron Silver), who ignores him. Zane then discovers intelligent alien life. But the aliens are keeping a deadly secret, and will do anything to stop Zane from learning it.
30 October 1949, Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
12 May 1948, New York City, New York, USA
1 June 1969, Dover, Delaware, USA
30 May 1942, Vallejo, California, USA
8 May 1944, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
6 November 1948, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
8 November 1959, North Carolina, USA
3 September 1965, New York City, New York, USA
27 May 1955, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
2 July 1946, New York City, New York, USA
2 January 1959, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
October 14, 2005
You know a movie's in trouble when it's called The Arrival and nothing arrives -- the film's aliens are already here.
June 18, 2002
It's a strong, lean piece of writing that moves quickly. Nothing is wasted, and nothing happens the way you'd expect.
May 31, 1996
[Sheen] spends most of the movie in a kind of sweaty apoplexy that makes one worry for his health.
October 29, 2004
The aliens-among-us plot gets a very entertaining and inventive update.
February 13, 2017
The CGI alien special effects are only so-so, but the film is rich in ideas, well-executed and is pleasingly entertaining even if silly.
February 09, 2006
What it lacks in sophistication (everything), it partly makes up for in sheer gall.
January 01, 2000
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.
April 21, 2009
Less an alien invasion movie than a conspiracy film (it just hapens to turn out that the conspirators are aliens).
September 25, 2002
...it ultimately seems apparent that the movie would've been well-served had it topped out at 90 minutes (ie it's too long and feels it).
January 01, 2000
This is not a dumb movie; in fact, with its heavy reliance upon real science, it's startlingly credible.
May 12, 2003
A good premise, hampered by a weak ending.
January 01, 2000
The movie is as smart as ``Mission: Impossible'' is dumb.
