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High-Rise

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High-Rise

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Released May 13, 2016

1h 59m

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The C

Too loose and chaotic to really engage the viewer. We plug for no one and wander through it feeling nothing. What a waste of good visuals.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/22/24

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Luey G

Looks pretty good, production did well to make it feel like we are in the building as described in the book, but the film doesn't have the depth or premise that it needs in order to be successful. Not nearly as squalid nor primal as the book, with little of the slow burn descent, it more feels like one day everyone just suddenly decided to go mad, so the story doesn't make sense. The movie feels like it wants to be sexy and a horror at the same time but ends up being neither. Despite a great cast and great source material there is a distinct lack of chemistry between everyone.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/04/24

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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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