Stars at Noon

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Stars at Noon

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2022

2h 17m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

Romance

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A young American journalist stranded in present-day Nicaragua (Margaret Qualley) falls for an enigmatic Englishman (Joe Alwyn) who seems like her best chance of escape. She soon realizes, though, that he may be in even greater danger than she is.

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Sophie Butcher

Empire Magazine

Margaret Qualley is lively and engaging, but Stars At Noon is let down by a wearingly meandering plot and lacklustre chemistry.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 26, 2023

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Jourdain Searles

Little White Lies

Mysterious, opaque, probably worth revisiting down the road… a classic Claire Denis movie then.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 23, 2023

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Playing out in cheap motels with sweating walls, it’s a languid mood piece rather than a thriller, but one that leaves a sense of discomfort that creeps over the skin like a heat rash.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 18, 2023

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

Qualley’s performance clashes with the relentless stillness of the film, the suffocating heat and the grinding pace that Denis wields like a weapon.

Jul 24, 2025

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Milana Vujkov

Lola On Film

Moody, steamy, ambiguous [...] Denis’s latest is not the tour de force her breakthrough film was, yet it is made of the same elusive material, inhabiting a volatile liminal space, oozing sensual honesty.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 30, 2023

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Hector A. Gonzalez

Loud and Clear Reviews

Claire Denis dominates the balance of tenderness and civil restlessness in Stars at Noon, a sweaty and dreamlike political thriller.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 25, 2023

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Hortensia

Slow moving. Expected more action.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/16/22

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Vinny

This movie made no sense: no plot, no background, no character development, no storyline. 2.5 hours of our lives we will never get back.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/15/22

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Eric S

This movie had no discernable plot and I really had no idea what was happening. Acting was fine but the dialogue was terrible and lack of any purpose just makes you want to turn it off the further you get into the movie. Lots of pointless nudity and more than a few "why the hell did that just happen" moments. Skip this and watch The Substance, you'll get just as much if not more Margarent Qualley nudity but accompanied by an actual plot.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/30/24

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Aurora W

A classic Claire Denis movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/11/24

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Alec B

Denis's desire to underplay the tension and the dialogue works here as does her heightening of the sexual material. It actually does make the characters more enduring.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/26/24

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Diane L

This is probably the worst movie I have seen in a very long time! The acting is terrible, the plot is muddled with holes, and the dialogue is nonsense more often than not. I was bored to tears halfway through the movie but toughed it out through the 2 hours and 18 minutes, hoping for some clever ending or twist. Sadly, it never came. The whole premise is poorly executed and the characters are caricatures devoid of any true purpose. It is hard to feel any attachment to either of the protagonists as they are unlikable and shallow. The movie is filled with gratuitous scenes of degradation that add nothing of value. Did I really need to see Margaret Qualley naked on a toilet or Joe Alwyn's bloody hands after fingering Qualley while on her period? The only thing this movie captured was the nonsensical measures during the Covid era. I would've given it zero stars if that was an option.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/24

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A young American journalist stranded in present-day Nicaragua (Margaret Qualley) falls for an enigmatic Englishman (Joe Alwyn) who seems like her best chance of escape. She soon realizes, though, that he may be in even greater danger than she is.

Director: Claire Denis
Producer: Olivier Delbosc
Screenwriter: Claire Denis, Andrew Litvack, Léa Mysius, Denis Johnson
Distributor: A24
Production Co: September Film Distribution, Ad Vitam, Arte France Cinema, Curiosa Films, Barnstormer Productions, Hypatia Films
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Sexual Content|Some Violence)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 14, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 14, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA): $36.0K
Runtime: 2h 17m
Sound Mix: Digital 5.1
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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