pulling the feels…
pulling the feels…
FLICKFEEL
64
from 58 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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FUN
0
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
65
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Nobody has rated this on FlickFeel yet. This is public discussion of this title, read into a curve. It is not a rating and it never becomes one.
Read from 58 comments (46 from Metacritic, 12 from TMDB reviews) — 21 of them described how it moves.
➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. Very little of it ever resolves. Marked above the line: 1 that gave people chills.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
“a few thrills, particularly towards the end”
Reno · TMDB reviews ↗
“a few tears were shed towards the end”
Penguinatic · TMDB reviews ↗
“really boring at times”
Andre Gonzales · TMDB reviews ↗
“Filmin sonu fikrimi değiştirdi.”
MzK · Metacritic ↗
“Yoksa vakit kaybı bir yapım olduğuna kanaat getirmiştim...”
MzK · Metacritic ↗
“has no point no proper ending”
Namex · Metacritic ↗
Read 26 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
Published reviews, not felt experience — a different question from the one above, and never mixed into the FlickFeel score.
It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.
“This is riveting, dizzying stuff from Villeneuve.”
Robbie Collin, The Telegraph · 100
“[A] truly remarkable film.”
Sarah Kurchak, Consequence · 100
“An intelligent, eloquent and stirring sci-fi that grips from start to finish, Arrival is up there with the year’s best movies.”
Matt Maytum, Total Film · 100
“Arrival is a beautifully polished puzzle box of a story whose emotional and cerebral heft should enable it to withstand nit-picky scrutiny. And like all the best sci-fi, it has something pertinent to say about today’s world; particularly about the importance of communication, and how we need to transcend cultural divides and misconceptions if we’re to survive as a species.”
Dan Jolin, Empire · 100
“Arrival is such a beautiful and thought-provoking film that it almost singlehandedly makes up for every bad aliens-coming-to-Earth film you’ve ever seen. Yes, even Independence Day: Resurgence.”
Brian Truitt, USA Today · 100
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 24 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
it reviews better than it plays — critics 88, the watch 64
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“a few thrills, particularly towards the end”
Renoabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“a few tears were shed towards the end”
Penguinaticabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“really boring at times”
Andre Gonzalesabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“Prior to approaching this film, a word of warning that it is what many like to call a "thinking person's sci-fi". If you're going to watch this, I beg that you dedicate your utmost attention to it, as it is truly one rewarding experiences, one of the smartest, most well-constructed science fiction marvels of recent years. 'Arrival' is Villeneuve's magnum opus. Firstly, to put your mind at ease, I won't be analysing the plot, thus avoiding the use of spoilers. This decade, Villeneuve has craft”
Smashing UK Productionsread it ↗
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