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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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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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

It may be too lofty to call High Life a microcosm of humanity; then again, it may not be. Denis seems to liken the isolation of a few people trapped on a ship hurtling through space to the entire human experience.

Rated: 4/4

Mar 3, 2022

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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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This movie is absolutely infested with lazy screenwriting and strange plot choices, and ultimately is one of the worst science fiction films I've watched in the last 5 years. Likely ever. It is abysmal if you want to use your brain while you're watching a sci fi film. If you want something that has space shots that look pretty on screen and mixes in shock scenes of murder and perverse sexual violence and other stuff then great - you can turn your mind off (no, really, I recommend it for this one), and stare. If you want something interesting with a plot that holds up to even 30 seconds of thought, something that you can think about later and still find pleasure in, this is not it. When I think about this movie I'm left with a vague sense of irritation at the universe. Thinking about the plot actually makes me want to throw my hands up in the air, drive to the director's house and bang on her front door until she explains every bad decision here to me and the rest of the science fiction community and apologizes for unleashing this trash into the world.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/05/24

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daniel p

It is notable to me that my wife couldn't make it 20 minutes into the movie before bouncing. I stuck it out. Not sure what the right call was of our two responses.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/29/24

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John A

A tone poem-esque thought-provoking experience that I'm sure flew lightyears above general audience's heads upon the release

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/19/24

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Thomas N

Unwatchable. I tried twice.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/17/24

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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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