8.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Arrival (2016)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.3
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's central conflict and its resolution strongly advocate for international cooperation and empathy over nationalistic aggression and fear, positioning global unity as the solution to humanity's challenges.
The film incorporates visible diversity within its supporting cast, featuring actors from various backgrounds in key roles, without explicitly altering the race or gender of traditionally established characters. Its narrative centers on universal themes of communication and empathy, presenting traditional identities in a neutral or positive light rather than offering a critique.
Secondary
Arrival does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's narrative centers on themes of communication, time, and human connection in the face of an alien encounter, without incorporating queer identities or experiences into its plot or character arcs.
Arrival does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The story centers on a linguist's efforts to communicate with aliens and her experience of non-linear time, with no elements related to transsexual identity present in the plot or character arcs.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film adapts Ted Chiang's novella "Story of Your Life." All primary characters, including Dr. Louise Banks and Dr. Ian Donnelly, maintain the same gender as established in the original source material. No character's gender was changed from a previously established canon.
The film "Arrival" is an adaptation of a novella where the race of its main characters was not explicitly specified. The casting choices for the film did not alter any canonically established racial identities from the source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.9
7.6
Critic Ratings
9.4
8.1
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