High-Rise

"A disaster movie on many levels (...) Wheatley and Jump have turned the lean, lucid architecture of Ballard's prose into a baggy, disjointed, sprawling grand folly of a movie (...) High-Rise is ultimately an ambitious, brilliant failure." 

"A flashy and frequently incoherent adaptation (...) Those with an appetite for aberrant creative visions could make “High-Rise” a hot cult property" 

"'High-Rise' becomes monotonous—a prisoner to its own gruesome escalation (...) The movie ultimately feels both too glib and too hermetically sealed to resonate beyond its chaotic interiors (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"The screenwriter Amy Jump and director Ben Wheatley are less concerned with the message than with the madness, and the resulting picture is more style than substance (...) the withholding nature of the movie creates a barrier that makes it difficult for the audience to share in the mayhem." 

"A dazzling, troubling, ugly and unsettling film (...) Don’t expect a thriller in the seat-edge sense, but you will be thrilled — and repulsed — by this bold, faithful adaptation of Ballard (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"A complex, fluid interpretation which is respectful and almost-faithful while still being its own beautiful, crazed beast.(...) Ballard fans should be satisfied; newcomers could find it difficult." 

"Wheatley has made High Rise his story, instead of Ballard’s. That’s fine – but, unfortunately, it’s a less interesting take (:..) It’s not a disaster, but the faults stack up (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)" 

"Ben Wheatley's shiny, luxuriously appointed JG Ballard adaptation serves up orgiastic mayhem on a silver platter (...) Ballard's concept is meticulously, lovingly recreated (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"