"If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?" A local weather presenter (Emily Blunt) has a funny turn live on air and begins speaking a strange language. One man, on the run from the authorities for stealing state secrets (Josh O’Connor), is the only person to understand what she said. The trailer for this gives the film an air of mystery that is probably unwarranted - it’s a spy thriller with a sci-fi element. It’s no spoiler to explain the plot: the government has been hiding the fact that aliens have made contact with us for decades now, and Josh O’Connor feels the need to reveal this information to the public. This is established very early on in the film so it’s unclear why the marketers felt the need to give it a weird spin. There are some failings with this film for sure. John Williams’ score is overbearing, but then oddly absent when you might think they could have used it. The story grabs you from the start, but sags…
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