Review – The Arrival

This is either a mildly amusing romp in the realm of Invasion of the Body Snatchers-style paranoia (except this time the invaders are trying to snatch the entire planet rather than just our bodies) or an extremely offensive allegory on race relations in Southern California. It doesn’t appear to be taking itself all that seriously, but one can’t help but notice that the good guys are all white and almost all the bad guys are Black or Hispanic. Guess it just depends on how political you think it’s trying to be. Because I’m not sure exactly what was going on in the producers’ minds, I’ll compromise and say See if desperate