High Life

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High Life

R

Released Apr 5, 2019

1h 53m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

Adventure

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Monte and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to the outer reaches of the solar system. They must now rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole.

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Critics Consensus

High Life is as visually arresting as it is challenging, confounding, and ultimately rewarding - which is to say it's everything film fans expect from director Claire Denis.

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Sophie Monks Kaufman

Little White Lies

All I can say is that it's a pleasure to have my reviewing faculties blown and my psyche splintered by this master filmmaker.

Rated: 5/5

Dec 23, 2019

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

There is much of Tarkovsky's Solaris in the main body and the flashbacks... could be lifted straight from the same director's Stalker. High Life is, however, stuffed with Denis' characteristic philosophical derangement.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 21, 2019

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

It goes out into the universe to look in...it is first and foremost a film by Claire Denis.

May 22, 2019

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Nairon Santos de Morais

Loud and Clear Reviews

While High Life flopped upon its release in 2019, Claire Denis’ English-language debut is not a film that should be forgotten. On the contrary, it’s a movie to discover and fall in love with.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 7, 2025

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

There’s such conviction in its refusal to bend to convention that I find it hard not to admire the film in some way, shape or form.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 14, 2024

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Paul Kanieski

KSQD Community Radio

Composed of equal parts mystery, thriller and speculative fiction, High Life starts off slowly but rewards patience, gradually working towards a finale which weaves elements of Interstellar and 2001: A Space Odyssey into something uniquely Claire Denis.

Jul 19, 2023

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Thomas M

Dull as dishwater from start to finish with no credible ending.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/25

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Clay W

I enjoy conceptually challenging films that develop and build a story slowly, in a compelling way. This is not one of those. I bailed out halfway through after deciding no ending could possibly be sufficiently brilliant to save a film this stupefyingly dull.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/10/25

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Christopher B

I found this film to be very tedious. It had decent idea but no aspirations to flesh out the story. Would not recommend Robert Patterson's face is punchable and he's uncomfortably weird around his daughter.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/01/25

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Matt W

I really liked the simplicity and yet beauty of edit and sound. The script is very stripped down, and yet it's fitting for such a stark film. I liked the harshness of it, the microcosm of life. I didn't like any of the characters but I did feel sad at the end. I think the end was fitting of the narrative. Leaves you wondering, and yet not.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/24/24

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Brad M

This movie was so mind numbingly stupid, It actually pissed me off. I would rather gouge out my eyes with a rusty spoon than witness it again.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/21/24

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Beccah J

Absolutely disgusting. This film should have never been made. to those who actually bothered to give this a high score, you are disgusting and disturbing and I know what you are.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/06/24

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Synopsis

Monte and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to the outer reaches of the solar system. They must now rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole.

Director: Claire Denis
Producer: Oliver Dungey, Laurence Clerc, Olivier Thery-Lapiney, Christophe Friedel, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Klaudia Śmieja, Claudia Steffen
Screenwriter: Claire Denis, Geoff Cox, Jean-Pol Fargeau
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Pandora Filmproduktion, arte France Cinéma, A24, Andrew Lauren Productions, Arte, Alcatraz Films, BFI Film Fund, Madants
Rating: R (Disturbing Violent Content|Disturbing Sexual Content|Graphic Nudity|Language|Sexual Assault)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 5, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 11, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.2M
Runtime: 1h 53m

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