Arrival (2016)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Left
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.3
Overview
Linguistics professor Louise Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touchdown in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race agai...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
Linguistics professor Louise Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touchdown in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race agai...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Left
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.
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
8.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.9
7.6
Critic Ratings
9.4
8.1
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