Arrival: Is this one of the best films of 2016?

Critics praise Amy Adams's 'stellar' performance in a 'grown-up sci-fi drama' about alien contact

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Arrival, a new sci-fi film about an alien landing on earth, has been called genre defining and the best film of the year - but will it satisfy the fanboys?

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