The Arrival should have been better. The story was thought-provoking, but the execution was sloppy. The pacing was way too slow. They should have trimmed 20 minutes off. And the acting was lackluster by all parties. Plus, the visual effects look pretty corny now, and I doubt they looked that good in 1996. It was a good idea, but the signal got muddled somewhere along the way.
Review of The Arrival
