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High Life

High Life

2018
Drama, Sci-fi
1h 53m
A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation. (imdb)

Directed by:

Claire Denis

Screenwriter:

Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Geoff Cox

Starring:

Juliette Binoche, Victor Banerjee, André Benjamin, Agata Buzek, Robert Pattinson, Lars Eidinger, Mia Goth, Claire Tran, Gloria Obianyo, Ewan Mitchell, Jessie Ross

Genres:

Drama, Sci-fi, Adventure, Mystery

Countries:

France, Germany, Poland, UK

Language:

English
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High Life

2018
Drama, Sci-fi
1h 53m
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natebarriosnatebarrios
Rated 08 Apr 2019
65
43rd
they finally put an ATLien in space, wow.
Rated 08 Apr 2019
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 01 Jan 2020
58
13th
I've never been too fond of filmmakers that choose to ignore that their "art" is rooted in popcorn and M&Ms. And while Denis clearly does have some talents, she wastes too much time and energy attempting to capture some higher exestential meaning at the expense of entertainment and a quality story.
Rated 01 Jan 2020
darrenDarren
Rated 04 Jul 2019
91
93rd
Alternatively titled 35 Shots of Cum or White Material 2
Rated 04 Jul 2019
ofterdingenOfterdingen
Rated 20 Feb 2019
25
6th
Ambitious, ugly, and very, very annoying,
Rated 20 Feb 2019
kasperlKasperL
Rated 09 Nov 2019
55
39th
Some good scenes with Pattinson and a baby. If you watch this at home then you may want to just fast-forward through the rest of the film.
Rated 09 Nov 2019
omgfridgeomgfridge
Rated 09 Sep 2019
5
42nd
Left no lasting impact with me. I just couldn't fully immerse myself or draw any natural feeling to this universe. Pattinson is proving an interesting character at least.
Rated 09 Sep 2019
glenn_nygardGlenn Nygard
Rated 01 Jun 2019
20
8th
"A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation." - is not a very accurate description of this film unfortunately.
Rated 01 Jun 2019
fredericg54frederic_g54
Rated 09 Apr 2019
8
78th
In space, no one can hear you fap.
Rated 09 Apr 2019
paxtonPaxton
Rated 06 Jun 2024
52
25th
I keep seeing people trying to decipher the meaning behind certain aspects, grasping desperately for illumination onto the ruminations that maybe we're intentionally meant to design for ourselves. Or maybe sometimes we could just let a sex box in space be a sex box in space. That's the world I want to leave behind.
Rated 06 Jun 2024
perrystroikaPerryStroika
Rated 08 Dec 2019
51
18th
Nonstory obliquely told about under written characters adrift in a vaguely defined void of a movie without motivation or dramatic conflict or direction. Arbitrary happenstance is piled upon arbitrary happenstance to little intellectual interest and still less emotional effect. This is not Tarkovsky; it's just boring.
Rated 08 Dec 2019
alex_watkinsAlex Watkins
Rated 26 Nov 2019
4
70th
A throwback sci-fi which borrows liberally from 70s Eastern bloc genre fare (the credits are full up of Polish names, which figures), not only in its aesthetic, but in its approach. Denis is far more concerned with how her characters behave in extraordinary circumstances than in pursuing the implications of her sci-fi premise. It's a pleasant reminder of how thoughtful, restrained, and (occasionally) weird genre film can be.
Rated 26 Nov 2019
luordluord
Rated 12 Sep 2019
47
22nd
The typical arthouse movie: slow as molasses, full of weird crap and trying way too hard to be "allegorical".
Rated 12 Sep 2019
bownBown
Rated 16 May 2019
86
79th
Probably one of the creepiest and most enigmatic movies I’ve seen involving a Fuckbox.
Rated 16 May 2019
p_u_l_pP u l p
Rated 25 Apr 2019
73
79th
"How to make an absolutely-none-american movie which looks like an american movie."
Rated 25 Apr 2019
obdurateObdurate
Rated 20 Apr 2019
75
54th
It's directed really well. Denis and co. did a lot with space and mostly a single location. Pattinson keeps distancing himself more and more from Twilight (make money and then do the interesting shit) with another good performance where he takes control of the screen whenever he's a part. There's a message here about reproduction and nature in general, and that's fine, but I never really felt what Denis wanted me to feel. It's slow and contemplative, sometimes to its detriment.
Rated 20 Apr 2019
sylviesylvie
Rated 08 Apr 2019
80
70th
It is undeniably similar to Solaris in terms of how lonely it makes you feel in space. Even the corridor shots are similar. It chooses to focus on sexuality, reproduction, and violence in this lonely space. I feel like the violent and sexual scenes were a bit too much without serving much of a purpose at times. I believe Denis tried to form a parallel with the first settlers in the US who were also considered scums of the society. Overall, a memorable experience, for sure.
Rated 08 Apr 2019
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 21 Apr 2024
52
12th
With its 70s art-house aesthetic, and a cast full of performers ready to capture the era’s spirit, this should have been a can’t-miss, but it wastes its potential on extremely seedy and unpleasant plotting, not to mention slow and lugubrious pacing which makes the film feel like a long, slow, deliberate rubbing of the nose into the ugliness. Fine work by Pattinson, and enigmatic work from Binoche, help maintain a little interest, but it’s all basically for naught.
Rated 21 Apr 2024
overratedoverrated
Rated 18 Jul 2023
70
78th
Extremely misanthropic to the point of absurdity, though I found the Pattinson/baby scenes affecting and have to give points for death by spaghettification, which was unique and horrifying.
Rated 18 Jul 2023
snufkin88Snufkin88
Rated 24 Jan 2021
42
3rd
Director Claire Denis dips her toes into the sphere of sci-fi (oh but it's not sci-fi we have her tell us)... Gravity here is represented as universal and all laws of science ignored. Once you've passed the point of no return in regards to suspension of disbelief, you're up to your waist in a film with no likeable characters or any cohesive narrative. This film is obsessed with bodily fluids. I wish I'd have spent the 2 hours taking a leak and possibly other ejections than have watched this ART.
Rated 24 Jan 2021
caspiancaspian
Rated 30 Jul 2020
70
32nd
very very lush and engaging, obscurring a conceptually barren barrel of cum
Rated 30 Jul 2020
doyler29doyler29
Rated 21 Jun 2020
70
42nd
This movie confounds me in unique and interesting ways. It looks great and has an engaging cast, and I enjoyed watching it, but I also can't say that I cared about much of anything that happened. It's not straightforwardly plotted, but I think it could be comprehended if one tries, but I didn't feel inclined to try. I watched pretty people do odd things in space and then I stopped.
Rated 21 Jun 2020
rihreyrihrey
Rated 26 Mar 2020
38
34th
I recognize its artistic merit, i think the cinematography is splendid sometimes, i didn't mind it being slow at all (i actually like it when films are slow so that's not usually a problem), but i cannot say that i enjoyed it. Pitty.
Rated 26 Mar 2020
staryarabbistaryarabbi
Rated 25 Jan 2020
55
32nd
Like in her other movies, Denis threads a loose web of ideas around some vague philosophical themes. Here, we probably have a meditation on what it means to "perpetuate" life, procreate and invest in the future, especially when technology and capitalism subordinates life to a dull, repetitious object of science. The plethora of bodily fluids, sex, and violence probably serve to this aim. Yet this does not suffice for me to appreciate it. Like in her other movies, this feels utterly contingent.
Rated 25 Jan 2020
aaautinAAAutin
Rated 18 Dec 2019
53
54th
Ew.
Rated 18 Dec 2019
bofbof
Rated 13 Dec 2019
75
71st
Humanity is fucked. There's yer tagline.
Rated 13 Dec 2019
corbadCorbad
Rated 15 Nov 2019
40
6th
Robert Pattinson does what he can, but lackluster design (at best) and poor direction keep this film from being anything but uncomfortable and long.
Rated 15 Nov 2019
nathan_sNathan S
Rated 24 Oct 2019
4
74th
Hurling toward a black hole in their capsule, data collectors under the scalpel of reproductive experimentation. These death row prisoners are more akin to lab rats, now afforded an eternity to reach closure. What this wild and far out premise has going for it is a simplicity, restraint, and practicality which places it among rather hallowed sci-fi company. Certainly many films have aimed for the stars, but here's one which actually lives up to the monuments of the genre.
Rated 24 Oct 2019
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 06 Oct 2019
70
72nd
The weird, erotic and existential space movie we were all expecting from Denis -- maybe not as gripping as the expectations, though. Pattinson teaching his baby Willow to say TABOO is SO Denis lol. Criminals "living" a box towards black hole to convey unlimited sources for humanity as participating in Binoche's reproduction experiments. There is a even a FUCK BOX so they can get fluids out of their system. Didn't like the finale -- dad/daughter reaching the limite of solar system.
Rated 06 Oct 2019
chmulcr0nchmul_cr0n
Rated 06 Oct 2019
71
60th
Love the setting and the themes. Cool looks. Is sometimes a little too on the nose or amateurish for my taste. But cool nonetheless. Nice and weird. :) Great music.
Rated 06 Oct 2019
fenixdownfenixdown
Rated 30 Sep 2019
75
54th
Far out, man.
Rated 30 Sep 2019
midasoMidaso
Rated 21 Aug 2019
4
31st
Damn,travelled 40 mins each way to see this,should have trusted the low IMDB score. Very unpleasant to watch,with no satisfying payoff
Rated 21 Aug 2019
psimpsim
Rated 20 Aug 2019
78
64th
A very untypical space movie. Hard to grasp, but it works well if you can get into its rhythm. Another interesting performance from Pattinson.
Rated 20 Aug 2019
vinegarbobVinegarBob
Rated 23 Jul 2019
50
24th
Visually interesting at times but ultimately sleep inducing.
Rated 23 Jul 2019
emrecoemreco
Rated 17 Jul 2019
55
5th
Easily the most disturbing movie I've seen this year.
Rated 17 Jul 2019
ikkegoemikkeikkegoemikke
Rated 05 Jul 2019
44
21st
An arty SF. Not for every moviegoer.
Rated 05 Jul 2019
coinquatroCoinQuatro
Rated 21 Jun 2019
60
55th
Elegy to the Void (happens to be the title of a very minor Beach House track. How fitting.)
Rated 21 Jun 2019
begoniabolbegoniabol
Rated 05 May 2019
45
41st
Starts off incredibly annoying with a baby screeching your ears off. Thought the first half of the movie was so slow and quite uneventful. It didn't do much for me at all. Gets a little more interesting after that point, but not enough to save this movie in my opinion. Has an interesting and very gory death scene though.
Rated 05 May 2019
carsonwidCarsonWid
Rated 21 Apr 2019
71
61st
Loved the visuals and atmosphere, but never fully connected to the story/message
Rated 21 Apr 2019
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 19 Apr 2019
55
49th
Strange.
Rated 19 Apr 2019
kadikoykadikoy
Rated 18 Apr 2019
50
22nd
Claire Denis'ten ilginç bir bilimkurgu. Robert Pattinson'un uzayda 1 kız çocuğuna, babalık ve annelik yapmasıyla başlayan film, filmin ikinci yarısında geçmişe dönüyor. Suçlulardan oluşan bir uzay gemisinde, bilimi yine kötüye kullanıp, uzayda ilk çocuğun doğumunu gerçekleştiriyor. Filmdeki aşırı nevrotik karakterler, pek inandırıcı olmasa da, ağır temposu ile bayıyor. Sonunun açık bittiği bir film. Babababababa nasıl açık bitiyor? bababababa
Rated 18 Apr 2019
neonmanNeonman
Rated 07 Apr 2019
88
89th
Beautiful, mystifying, and, despite a low-budget for the genre, grandiose in scale and thought. Denis has been scattershot with past films, but it's now to her advantage in this ambitious outer-space film about sex and procreation, and at least there's a through-line that completes this thoroughly cosmic journey. Works as a great palette-cleanser to the similar, yet disappointing and wonky Interstellar.
Rated 07 Apr 2019
omniavanitasOmniaVanitas
Rated 13 Sep 2024
3
43rd
Superficially apes Solaris and the like. Pattinson does well. Thematically: yet another nice-looking film that neither fleshes out its skeleton of ideas nor becomes dreamlike enough to be truly evocative.
Rated 13 Sep 2024
salomonSalomon
Rated 16 Dec 2023
58
17th
i really like syfy but this movie is once again proof of how deviant we humans can be and no matter how far we think our technology has progressed it is the unbelieving human who gives his deviancy a home.
Rated 16 Dec 2023
bluhrsbluhrs
Rated 26 Sep 2022
94
78th
wow. I love this movie. broken people with real pain trapped in a new prison. a beautiful balance of distinct characters. a father raising up a daughter, still in the middle of his pain, and their journey to the middle of a black hole, where eternity rests ?!? amazing !!! the story telling was transfixing and intuitive, the scenes collaged. there were so much gorgeous movement from the actors as well as incredible light. rob did gr8 :) denis is power. it was unsettling, raw, & human.
Rated 26 Sep 2022
oplarsoplars
Rated 04 Sep 2022
40
1st
Agree with all the negative reviews, after 40 min. I decided to wach the rest on high speed, min. 2x speed.
Rated 04 Sep 2022
gabrielpGabriel_p
Rated 02 Jun 2022
60
23rd
Too much drama, not enough sci-fi. Also quite slow and with a totally forgettable ending
Rated 02 Jun 2022
lethiaslethias
Rated 03 Oct 2021
80
45th
Incredibly aesthetic and slow paced film which most certainly doesn't lift your spirits besides those of enjoying a semi-great film. The story does seem a bit all over the place but that's the writer's purpose I suppose. It's reminiscent of Tarkovsky's Solaris and it seems character-centered with the setting being medium to express that. It's a decent movie but subjectively speaking it wasn't the right time for me to view it. First film I've seen of Claire Denis.
Rated 03 Oct 2021
drtfx7drtfx7
Rated 07 Jun 2021
70
66th
I love high-concept sci-fi movies. I also love space-melancholy movies. But, I barely connected with this one. For all the questions the movie seems to rise nothing feels strong enough to compel my curiosity. Great cinematography, decent acting but, fails to keep me hooked with the lackluster mid-region of the screenplay. An attempt to nullify this with a forward-backward narrative style wasn't that effective.
Rated 07 Jun 2021
nutcrackrnutcrackr
Rated 31 Mar 2021
72
47th
This one requires some time to process. And it's good to have a deep movie. Many allegories are here: dependency, institutionalization, and general depravity. Unfortunately it's so slow that Kubrick could film two entire movies between the action. Dialogue is infrequent and just mumbling. While it has some good scenes (the back half mainly) it's a grind to get there. Too much art-house; it could have been something truly special if it wasn't trying to hard to be special.
Rated 31 Mar 2021
stuie299stuie299
Rated 14 Mar 2021
75
45th
It's been a while since I had this hard of a time figuring out a movie. Pattinson's performance is on point, visually and sonically it's interesting, and the initial premise is intriguing. I also don't mind the slow pacing. I guess I just don't like how enigmatic some of the character motivations and themes are. It's enjoyable in a way, but some might find it frustrating. Even as someone who ultimately liked it I think there could have been a bigger payoff at the end.
Rated 14 Mar 2021
kenmeistersKenMeisters
Rated 06 Jan 2021
67
51st
Probably one of the slowest movies ever. The setup is more interesting than everything that happens in the movie. But Pattinson is solid.
Rated 06 Jan 2021
zoranZoran
Rated 17 May 2020
83
81st
Amazing!
Rated 17 May 2020
robsolutelyrobsolutely
Rated 22 Apr 2020
33
9th
I get the burden of being alone with a baby in space, but astronauts are mentally stronger than the best soldiers/spies we have ever produced. I do not have the suspension of disbelief needed to enjoy this story, even as a movie fanatic because is too dramatical and not scientifically based in anything. The astronauts here were trained at a young age and yet 1960s astronauts eclipse them. I thought because of the title, Pattison would be a stoner in space, but he's just a pussy with highlights.
Rated 22 Apr 2020
king_zazvorking zazvor
Rated 12 Apr 2020
60
28th
A unique cinematic experience that is beautifully shot but not very comprehensible. Really only interesting when it reminds me of Tarkovsky for the first 40 minutes, and although it gets more intense after that point, it doesn't lead anywhere. Puts me in a bind because I appreciate the experimentation but I also wish there was greater consistency and coherence.
Rated 12 Apr 2020
chengmingchengming
Rated 27 Feb 2020
65
47th
There's a couple of amazingly beautiful shots in this - pity then that most of the story gets told in dialogue.
Rated 27 Feb 2020
uvlaliduvlalid
Rated 26 Jan 2020
65
49th
Kinda reminded me of Solaris, another sci-fi that was also visually nice but extremely slow and pretentious. Music was good though.
Rated 26 Jan 2020
foxyrussianFoxyRussian
Rated 12 Jan 2020
75
31st
A challenging art film that's for sure not for everyone. It might focus a little to much on being different and creating atmosphere rather than pushing its wide cast of characters forward. Most of the acting is hit or miss, but my god does Robert Pattinson knock it out of the park here. Also there is a "fuck box" on the ship. I dont know how that affects your view on the film but it did help spice up the sometimes too slow for its own good pace.
Rated 12 Jan 2020
edwardedward
Rated 29 Dec 2019
1
12th
Liked at first, hated the second time around.
Rated 29 Dec 2019
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 27 Dec 2019
90
87th
Robert Pattinson Double Feature. Não creio que outro cineasta tenha o dom de pensar o sexo de forma palpável como Claire Denis, o que já vimos em Trouble Every Day aqui se restabelece: se não é assexual ou estiver castrado por medicação, o ser humano é pura pulsão sexual - mesmo no espaço que sempre rendeu filmes assépticos nesse sentido. E o mais forte disso tudo é que é justamente o celibatário que emerge no mais potente da sexualidade: a criação da vida. BlurayRip no Making
Rated 27 Dec 2019
lupisterlupister
Rated 22 Dec 2019
15
16th
a waste of time
Rated 22 Dec 2019
icarusIcarus
Rated 08 Nov 2019
82
69th
A film that's setting is the distant future, but who's interest is very much in the present, particularly as it relates to medical science. There seems to me in this film a clear reach for something truly human (rather than constructed). Further, I find the positive portrayal of celibacy to be striking given current cultural narratives that seem to presume such practice an impossibility.
Rated 08 Nov 2019
alanstrangalanstrang
Rated 21 Oct 2019
69
47th
meh.
Rated 21 Oct 2019
amerigoamerigo
Rated 17 Oct 2019
79
61st
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest... in space... with an obsession with bodily fluids a la that crazy general in Dr Strangelove. Unfortunately, it has a certain emotional sterility that is rather disengaging. But for all it's flaws it's certainly unique.
Rated 17 Oct 2019
judo_koalaJudo Koala
Rated 26 Sep 2019
82
83rd
A profoundly cynical view of humanity as being little more than driven by our impulses to Fuck and Control, all our technological & metaphysical progress for naught in the face of our own self-obliteration. The frame's off-kilter 1.66 : 1 aspect ratio makes palpable the already nightmarish claustrophobia and overwhelming sense of impending doom. A tough pill to swallow for most audiences desiring a more optimistic view of the future, to be sure.
Rated 26 Sep 2019
tenhastenhas
Rated 26 Sep 2019
80
71st
Denis's images are incredibly beautiful. And they are also like Tarkovski's Mirror, Stalker and Solaris atmosphere.
Rated 26 Sep 2019
goldblumingGoldbluming
Rated 29 Jul 2019
72
44th
too intense for me
Rated 29 Jul 2019
roberobe
Rated 21 Jul 2019
50
27th
disturbing, very disturbing
Rated 21 Jul 2019
anttirAnttiR
Rated 09 Jul 2019
87
60th
At last more realistic description of space travel, somewhat predictable but had to be done.
Rated 09 Jul 2019
hofschneiderHofschneider
Rated 01 Jul 2019
76
49th
I think this fuckbox is portrayed way too harsh!
Rated 01 Jul 2019
ieuandpIeuanDP
Rated 17 Jun 2019
95
96th
The type of beautifully enigmatic, visually-driven sci-fi that any large scale production immediately suffocates out of existence these days. Open to many interpretations, but I think this is a really rich exploration of what's left when social constructs are torn away from us. How we grasp for comfort, familiarity and meaning, and how our innate (death) drives find equally bleak and tender ways of manifesting as we approach the abyss.
Rated 17 Jun 2019
ottott
Rated 17 Jun 2019
70
57th
box?
Rated 17 Jun 2019
agasdusAgasdus
Rated 13 Jun 2019
69
54th
S
Rated 13 Jun 2019
johnsandwichJohnSandwich
Rated 24 May 2019
70
63rd
uhm yeah
Rated 24 May 2019
gnalkhereGnalkhere
Rated 24 May 2019
70
47th
After how disappointing Let The Sunshine In was, I am pleased to say that Claire Denis returned with this swelling work of art. It's no Beau Travail but it's worth it
Rated 24 May 2019
parcalihamparcaliham
Rated 20 May 2019
30
7th
May 4, 2019 / Forget
Rated 20 May 2019
randorirandori
Rated 03 May 2019
30
8th
uzaydaki tup bebek merkezinde gecen bir takim tatsizliklar. yalniz neden hic kapali hanim yok? anlamadim
Rated 03 May 2019
jpotiijpotII
Rated 01 May 2019
43
32nd
Aquário
Rated 01 May 2019
capodelnullacapodelnulla
Rated 29 Apr 2019
50
22nd
uzun metraj *kısa film*?
Rated 29 Apr 2019
christofchristof
Rated 28 Apr 2019
86
81st
Juliette Binoche is great as the witch in space. Sometimes you forget that everyone in the cast is also (meant to be) irredeemably flawed next to her commanding presence.
Rated 28 Apr 2019
umutheatreumutheatre
Rated 22 Apr 2019
78
59th
Kumpel listeme bakıyorum şu anda en düşük puan 50, en yüksek puan ise 84. Bu film daha ötesini de hak etmiyor bence 1,2 tane gereksiz sahnesi var, birkaç da eksiği kendini ne tamamlayabiliyor, ne de izleyiciyi kendisine aşık edebiliyor. İyi, sadece iyi.
Rated 22 Apr 2019
kebapcheKebapche
Rated 26 Nov 2018
85
80th
The nine circles of hell in outer space while trying to reproduce our species - the strongest impulse in every living thing I guess.
Rated 26 Nov 2018
wetwillieswetwillies
Rated 03 Oct 2018
90
80th
Viewed October 2, 2018.
Rated 03 Oct 2018

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