Watchability Factor – Watch and stream Arrival

I recommend seeing Arrival even though it is extremely slow. I actually fell asleep for a bit in the middle. I wish the execution of this film matched the level of its intelligence with an equal measure of drama. It is worth seeing though for the mind-blowing ideas that it presents and Amy Adams delicately mesmerizing performance. Arrival has a cerebral, dreamlike quality that delivers an emotional punch at the end that would have made this a more accessible film if the filmmakers had found a way to weave that emotion throughout the rest of the story.