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High Life

2018

Claire Denis

Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth, André Benjamin ...

5.4

5,340

Sci-Fi. Adventure. Drama Takes place beyond the solar system in a future that seems like the present. About a group of criminals who accept a mission in space to become the subjects of a human reproduction experiment. Deep space. Beyond our solar system. Monte and his daughter Willow live together on board a spacecraft, in complete isolation. A solitary man, who uses his strict self-discipline as protection against desire (his own and that of others), Monte ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"[It] raises questions that Denis perversely, and with sustained provocation, rarely bothers to answer (...) Let the movie mess with your head (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Justin Chang Los Angeles Times	"Brutal, beautiful and entirely astonishing"	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang Variety	"Claire Denis reorients the sci-fi genre around bodies, babies, and black holes in her masterfully mystifying event-horizon nightmare."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Mesmerizing and elusive (...) 'High Life' is a pensive and profound study of human life on the brink of the apocalypse (...) Haunting and sublime"	POS
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"A film both sensual and disturbing, strangely fascinating and slightly tedious (...) In other words, 'High Life' is a mixed bag filled with contradictions"	NEU
United States	Jason Bailey The Playlist	"It’s a true original — sometimes strange, sometimes scary, sometimes kinky. It doesn’t really 'work' in any conventional sense."	POS
United States	K. Austin Collins Vanity Fair	"Mesmerizing (...) The movie seems to be a study of the artificial limits we put on our desires"	POS
United Kingdom	Charles Bramesco The Guardian	"It’s the genre’s most done-to-death topic, yet [Denis] brings something truly original to the conversation. Her answer has a lot to do with achieving orgasm (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	A.A. Dowd AV Club	"In terms of mood, cosmetics, and rhythm, it’s a worthy addition to the great filmmaker’s canon"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Things happen, some ridiculous and exasperating, others effectively and productively surprising (...) Pattinson’s vivid presence and intimate voice-over help shape a movie that often feels on the verge of disintegrating"	NEU
United States	Josh Lewis The Film Stage	"The crew’s suffering is bleak and oppressive, but Denis invites us to witness it so that we truly understand the power of Monte’s conviction"	POS
United States	Steve Macfarlane Slant	"'High Life' is a vision of the future as bleak and feverish as director Claire Denis’s 2013 thriller 'Bastards' (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Allan Hunter Screendaily	"[It] slowly reveals its secrets (...) Robert Pattinson is the dominant presence in the film (...) He is the most engaging human element in an intriguing, playfully provocative Denis piece"	POS
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"But it’s the realization of just how cruel humanity can be that Denis sneaks up on you that proves to be the most horrifying (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Shelagh Rowan-Legg Screen Anarchy	"Pattinson is well-suited to Monte (...) 'High Life' reveals its secrets in this slow-burn, disjointed, yet perfectly tuned narrative"	POS

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