Movie · Sci-Fi · Drama

Linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all of mankind.

2016 · 1h 56m

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Linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all of mankind.

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Great, deeply thoughtful, compassionate sci-fi tale.

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Average 8.5
Reviews 441
Fresh 415
Rotten 26

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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
2016
Run Time
1 hr 56 min
Rated
PG-13 for brief strong language.
Regions of Origin
United States, Canada
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Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (AD, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), English (United States) , Spanish (Mexico) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.