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High-Rise

Play trailer 2:16 Poster for High-Rise R Released May 13, 2016 1h 59m Comedy Drama Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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A doctor (Tom Hiddleston) moves into a London skyscraper where rising tensions and class warfare lead to anarchy.
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High-Rise may not quite live up to its classic source material, but it still offers an energetic, well-acted, and thought-provoking take on its timely socioeconomic themes.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas The Blue Lenses High-Rise may not be the greatest Ballard adaptation ever made, but it doesn't have to be: it stands on its own as a masterclass of the substance of style, and how stories told long ago can have often eerie, direct parallels in the future. Aug 25, 2018 Full Review Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online High-Rise is just about the looniest garbage I have seen in a long while. Rated: F Mar 21, 2017 Full Review Nigel Andrews Financial Times In High-Rise the fitfully brilliant Briton Ben Wheatley, with writing partner Amy Jump, seizes what seems a perfect-fitting text -- JG Ballard's dystopian novel High-Rise -- and makes an omnishambles of it. Rated: 1/5 Dec 28, 2016 Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson The layers of symbolism, analogy, and allegory are as tall as the building itself. There is a richly disturbing and dark fascination in observing how all of this frivolity comes crashing down in unpredictable and unlimited disaster. Rated: 4/5 Oct 17, 2024 Full Review Dan Schindel Vague Visages We’re so removed from the physicality of the violence that little of it is felt, and so the muck is only set dressing. Dec 6, 2023 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review The experience cannot be described as enjoyable; however, many may come to appreciate the anarchy's commentary with distant admiration. Rated: 3/4 Apr 15, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Paul F Outstanding acting is completely wasted on this movie. Things turned way too quickly, no slow decline at all just one day everyone is crazy. How can I get those two hours back of my life that I just wasted? Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/25/25 Full Review Jessica S The movie was a little claustrophobic. But it stimulates thoughts and questions about society, humans, etc.; that is always welcome. I admittedly have a bias towards the building’s best amenity. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/25/25 Full Review Bryan B Brit apocalypse movies always feel like clockwork orange derivatives that I can't get on board with. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/23/25 Full Review ed n Unbelievably senseless waste of time. Promising premise; perhaps the book was great. Hate to see two wonderful actors' (Irons and Hiddleston) time and reputation treated so thoughtlessly. Most polite thing I could say is that the movie's reach far exceeded it's grasp. If it's supposed to be an allegory or metaphor of modern (not future) society, it doesn't begin to succeed. But it does succeed in being a less oblique and quite quite literal representation of some of the worst drivel Hollywood has to offer. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/20/25 Full Review Trent b A neat concept on paper but so poorly done that I really struggled to finish the movie. The filmography was unnecessarily overdone and did nothing to help the shrivel of a plot. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/10/24 Full Review Test T I watched this on DVD recently. It's a strange film, and I must admit I don't think I got close to understanding it. It seemed interesting at first, but that did not last long, as I found it more and more irritating. At times it sttempts to shock, whilst at others it seems so ordinary that it slips by unnoticed. I did not enjoy watching it, and I was quite relieved when it eventually ended, leaving me indifferent to it. I'm afraid I can't reccomend it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/30/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A doctor (Tom Hiddleston) moves into a London skyscraper where rising tensions and class warfare lead to anarchy.
Director
Ben Wheatley
Producer
Jeremy Thomas
Screenwriter
Amy Jump
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
HanWay Films, Film4, Recorded Picture Company (RPC)
Rating
R (Graphic Nudity|Disturbing Images|Violence|Language|Some Drug Use|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 13, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 3, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$343.1K
Runtime
1h 59m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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