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High Rise

High Rise

2016
Drama, Sci-fi
1h 59m
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control. (imdb)

Directed by:

Ben Wheatley

Screenwriter:

J.G. Ballard, Amy Jump

Starring:

Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, James Purefoy, Elisabeth Moss, Enzo Cilenti, Keeley Hawes, Tom Hiddleston, Peter Ferdinando, Julia Deakin, Luke Evans, Stacy Martin, Louis Suc

Genres:

Drama, Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller, Action

AKA:

High-Rise

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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High Rise

2016
Drama, Sci-fi
1h 59m
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barthalenBarthalen
Rated 23 Aug 2016
60
38th
I really enjoyed the novel and thought the trailers looked good, but the material never quite gels together here. It hurries along, never letting character moments sink in before starting another montage or having compressed dialogue hit you over the head with its message. Because the material doesn't have time to breathe, the whole thing just becomes a 'people sure act crazy!' blur without making the viewer give a damn about any of it.
Rated 23 Aug 2016
paxtonPaxton
Rated 01 Jul 2016
76
71st
Vertical Snowpiercer: The Movie. We were having a discussion about whether Michael Fassbender and Tom Hiddleston should start remaking each other's movies just to see if anyone would notice. I think they might be able to at least switch superhero roles once. Luke Evans is a man-beast in this movie, embodying almost everything we ever came to love about 1970's Burt Reynolds.
Rated 01 Jul 2016
antidood1antidood1
Rated 30 Apr 2016
30
3rd
It's been a long time since I got this little out of a movie. Is it supposed to be a satire on contemporary society? A display of nihilism? A dystopian future? Absurdism for the sake of absurdism? Whatever it tried to be, I sure didn't give a shit. The worst thing about it is the complete lack of pacing, making it impossible to predict the much anticipated end. Just like weather reports, cinemas should give an "apparent length", so that I can start avoiding movies that feel like 200+ minutes.
Rated 30 Apr 2016
overratedoverrated
Rated 19 Feb 2017
75
85th
A total incoherent mess tied up with a bow at the end something something Thatcher. Gets by on aesthetics, black humor and Luke Evans stealing the show from Hiddleston & Irons.
Rated 19 Feb 2017
dunbardunbar
Rated 30 Jul 2016
60
25th
In one word: tedious. Considers itself very clever and socially poignant to such a degree that each over-stylised scene "becomes the architect of its own destruction" in terms of being a film with anything interesting to say. I wanted to take a long jump off a tall building well before the credits.
Rated 30 Jul 2016
charlieCharlie
Rated 01 Jul 2016
50
15th
Weird and not always in a good way. Some great ideas, but it's just not good as a movie. And the whole mess makes no sense at all, some minor banal events lead to anarchy. Most of the actions of the people are based on, well, nothing. They just act. Many questions, no answers.
Rated 01 Jul 2016
dunetailsdunetails
Rated 01 May 2016
45
24th
It's a mess,I can't recommend. Big disappointment.
Rated 01 May 2016
philamentalphilamental
Rated 17 Jan 2017
46
15th
In style and visual terms this is really memorable, but aside from that there is little cohesion or clear purpose to this film. High Rise seems to start off being about social class in a very over played manner but devolves seemingly deliberately into something that was beyond my comprehension. Evans is a highlight but so much of this feels directionless so to me it was a disappointment
Rated 17 Jan 2017
kasperlKasperL
Rated 31 Dec 2016
55
39th
All over the place. Revel in the madness, or leave the building.
Rated 31 Dec 2016
amazedemonamazedemon
Rated 17 Sep 2016
64
51st
The social commentary in High-Rise is over-played and flawed. What's left is an over-stylised film with a decent soundtrack that includes reworked ABBA. That said, there are some interesting moments with strong performances all round, Nevertheless, the film is indulgent and over-long.
Rated 17 Sep 2016
anomalyAnomaly
Rated 15 Sep 2016
61
30th
Speeds through its content without pausing for character or plot, leaving the viewer with little to care about. The heavy application of a style not befitting the material only further separates us from the story. What may have once been subtext has become a few ponderous lines of dialogue squeezed in between more montages. Too bad, because the material certainly had a lot of potential.
Rated 15 Sep 2016
badfurdayBadFurDay
Rated 08 Sep 2016
4
23rd
Splendid visuals, but garbage plot. Trying too hard to create an artsy movie leads to a chain of completely random scenes with a plot evolving in a direction that simply makes no sense.
Rated 08 Sep 2016
bofbof
Rated 27 Jul 2016
72
64th
Brexit: The Movie. What it may lack in depth, it makes up for in style and deadpan humour. Suggested double bill: Shivers.
Rated 27 Jul 2016
neonmanNeonman
Rated 18 Jul 2016
82
70th
Hard to digest, but astonishing to watch. Hiddleston leads the way through this evidently dense and novelistic tale, with the supporting cast adding to the frenzy, along with the impressively lavish sets and cinematography. This is quite the wild party of a film that evokes an ambitious '70s kind of filmic sensibility (matching the '70s costumes and mustaches the characters sport).
Rated 18 Jul 2016
hofschneiderHofschneider
Rated 06 Jul 2016
70
30th
I'm overstrained. This movies makes a lot of noise about almost nothing. It's a very superficial movie but it's aware of that, plays with that. But: Why? For what reason do you make such a movie that always shows of how in charge it is by not giving anything substantial away and than has nothing to offer to fill its self caused void. It's such a beautiful film at times and everything it activated in me was annoyance.
Rated 06 Jul 2016
aaautinAAAutin
Rated 04 May 2016
12
4th
Hey, Ben Wheatley, can you hear THIS S.O.S.? (It sounds a lot like J.G. Ballard rolling over in his grave.)
Rated 04 May 2016
snbutlersnbutler
Rated 22 Mar 2016
60
25th
Expected to love this but didn't. It's ambitious, stylish, and accomplished in its execution but doesn't really seem to hit the mark. Pacing seems off with the plot accelerating towards chaos and then stagnating there. Meanwhile, the film seems as though it's bursting at the seams with the number of different characters it tries to contain, few of whom we ever meet for long enough to know enough about them.
Rated 22 Mar 2016
dougiedDougieD
Rated 15 Sep 2015
70
35th
A fascinating if messy film that feels like a 70s sci-fi combination of Brazil and A Clockwork Orange. Like several of Wheatley's other films, it is visually splendid but indecipherable when it comes to narrative. Also has some jumps in logic and plot holes that are rather jarring. But there is something irresistible about the madness of it all. Difficult to really pin down my feelings, but I enjoyed it even if it's deeply flawed. Some people are going to hate this film though.
Rated 15 Sep 2015
christofchristof
Rated 15 Jul 2024
80
53rd
This is a challenging one to review: I have huge sympathy for the material, so pre-armed with this background context I feel I can enjoy playing around comfortably in the swimming pool of imagery. Without this context I would probably need water wings and might be contributing to the yellowing of the pool.
Rated 15 Jul 2024
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 05 Sep 2020
70
34th
Wheatley has proven that he can do some unique stuff already, but unique and good are not the same thing. With "High Rise" this is the first time he's done anything skirting quality entertainment, but I'm not quite sure he cares too much about entertaining people, as long as he gets the aesthetics. But I'll keep watching them as long as there's polyester.
Rated 05 Sep 2020
frederikaFrederikA
Rated 02 Jan 2018
75
77th
So... just how quickly will society collapse and under what pressure? According to this sweet little offbeat cautionary tale within three months and caused by modern architecture... I'm not one to argue with that conclusion.
Rated 02 Jan 2018
astrakhanastrakhan
Rated 24 Dec 2017
74
33rd
This adaptation of Ballard seems to have a lot of potential, with its budget splashed on the screen as stars, sets and lavish parties. Sadly the outcome is quite shambolic. Wheatley can be one of the most incoherent directors working today - sometimes brilliantly so, but not in this case. After a little while the events of the plot start to make no sense and you quickly lose interest in the characters. Visually striking at times but poor storytelling and characterisation make this a stinker.
Rated 24 Dec 2017
kojilessKojiless
Rated 17 Dec 2017
30
32nd
Social commentary about as blunt as a pizza oven brick, boxed in a shell as messy as the floor beneath an infant greedily devouring spaghetti after learning she has been weaned off the teat, and delivered with a story about as soft and hollow as thrice-boiled cannoli. By the end, though, that dog looked pretty tasty. Mangia mangia!
Rated 17 Dec 2017
dyannethorneDyanneThorne
Rated 22 Oct 2017
35
17th
I lost concentration for a moment and when I turned back to the movie, everybody had gone insane and they were eating their pets. You could claim that it's my fault for not paying enough attention, but this is my review and so I'm going to blame the movie for not setting the plot up properly. Reminded me of Snowpiercer, another movie that failed to find a proper balance between being surreal and believable.
Rated 22 Oct 2017
angrypierreangrypierre
Rated 30 Mar 2017
65
41st
That Escalated Quickly: The Movie
Rated 30 Mar 2017
ymyogevymyogev
Rated 22 Oct 2016
60
5th
Nice looking sets, and Jeremy Irons excels as usual, but other than that not much going for it, which leaves me asking - why at the time did you make us watch this film and not let us hear SOS "out of context", Portishead?
Rated 22 Oct 2016
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 27 Aug 2016
60
49th
By all means such a crazy, chaotic and exuberant dystopia that this is film a that must be admired DESPITE its cynicism and Wheatley's interest for both nihilism and the frenzy search for a perfect shot. Entire cast is aces, specially Evans.
Rated 27 Aug 2016
korteeKortee
Rated 31 Jul 2016
60
30th
This and then Taylor Swift - 2016 is surely not Tom Hiddleston's year.
Rated 31 Jul 2016
gideonGideon
Rated 11 Jun 2016
1
16th
Horrible film, just utter dross. Wannabe highbrow mumbo jumbo and then some. HR is completely devoid of any sort of pacing, a disjointed mess. Avoid at all costs if you value your time. I'd like my two hours back.
Rated 11 Jun 2016
ecitizeneCitizen
Rated 18 May 2016
30
17th
It's rare to find a movie this asinine & ridiculous. The music & sound might be really good if the accompanying action & dialog were not so unbearably disjointed. The constant confusion & metaphorical symbolism makes it overwhelmingly frustrating & tedious. Every performance is overacted. It is a complete overload of action & drama without a coherent plot to explain the insanity. I couldn't wait for this pathetic, incredibly lame movie to end. Entirely forgettable.
Rated 18 May 2016
yoohooyoohoo
Rated 05 May 2016
90
92nd
Bat-shit insane but also genius, this is certainly style over substance but that doesn't mean the substance isn't there. Based on a novel that is 40 years old, this film feels more relevant than ever. Turn it up a little louder than normal because the soundtrack is stellar.
Rated 05 May 2016
frankhowleyFrankHowley
Rated 04 May 2016
45
11th
Great cinematography, but it's a never-ending series of montages that dulls the point.
Rated 04 May 2016
carsonwidCarsonWid
Rated 01 May 2016
74
71st
Loaded with lots of interesting moments and stylish directing, but doesn't seem to connect together as a whole.
Rated 01 May 2016
punqPUNQ
Rated 28 Apr 2016
50
77th
The vulgar condo life! Blissfully grotesque and with a full-on class clash. Yet with all it's got going for it, I can't help but feel High-Rise (2015) misses it's mark. Still there's a lot of lovely little sprinkles that makes it worth a peek.
Rated 28 Apr 2016
guvolefouguvolefou
Rated 15 Apr 2016
33
6th
35. İstanbul Film Festivali - Atlas Sineması.
Rated 15 Apr 2016
constantineconstantine
Rated 14 Apr 2016
42
8th
Ballard's novel had its own problems. The movie just not suffers from the same issues but also turn everything into a complete mess, even more than the novel itself. Stylish but a horrible narrative. I asked the same question while I was reading the book: Why did all this chaos happen, again?
Rated 14 Apr 2016
bearmasterbearmaster
Rated 21 Mar 2016
89
94th
Luke Evans is incredible.
Rated 21 Mar 2016
closedmouthclosedmouth
Rated 13 Oct 2024
60
20th
First half is great…
Rated 13 Oct 2024
panzerwolfpanzerwolf
Rated 12 Jan 2024
20
4th
What a pile of steaming trash. It was similar to Snowpiercer with the idea of living spaces and resources set apart by social classes, but it just goes straight into Weirdoland so fast and it seems like it's trying to do too much to be so damn artistic. Pushes the agenda right into your face too much, not enough happening here despite the movie attempting to be shocking with sex and sexual abuse. You couldn't figure out anything else to lace this story with, really?
Rated 12 Jan 2024
joojooJooJoo
Rated 15 Nov 2023
4
56th
Admirably insane, plotless, and slightly tiresome exploration of societal collapse.
Rated 15 Nov 2023
fuentissimoFuentissimo
Rated 12 Jul 2023
33
25th
Intense. Actors certainly give it their all for a pretty smashing metaphorical satire. Still, the script and directing fail to give a clear telling of what is happening amidst the chaos.
Rated 12 Jul 2023
kavuKavu
Rated 08 Jun 2023
71
50th
A mess, but an enjoyable mess. Irons, Hiddleston and Evans all shine.
Rated 08 Jun 2023
difontaineDifontaine
Rated 11 May 2023
64
36th
It's certainly very artful. My problem is the big, overhanging question of: how is the outside world worse? I get there is an allegory and so on happening, I don't get why characters don't just leave. I feel like either I'm missing the point or the film doesn't shape the story well enough. Overall, a disappointment.
Rated 11 May 2023
tunetsTunets
Rated 17 Mar 2023
86
61st
A little bit overwhelmed by heavy plot, but great social thoughts and Hiddleston decent performance makes this kind of "anti-utopian" saying pretty solid. But not for anyone for sure.
Rated 17 Mar 2023
ieuandpIeuanDP
Rated 24 May 2022
55
33rd
Biased by having just finished the book, but thought this was a real misfire. The pacing is terrible; the descent into barbarism is mostly set to montages, whereas the way it disintegrates in stages is one of the most compelling things about the source. Feels like all the subtext is missing, and things have been lifted from the book just to be used as props. The modernism and casting held up at least (Jeremy Irons and Luke Evans were good choices). Wheatley is better without a big budget.
Rated 24 May 2022
blocker17Blocker17
Rated 16 May 2022
38
18th
The plot + writing - 1 The acting - 7 The entertainment value - 3 The look + sound - 4
Rated 16 May 2022
croweycrowey
Rated 17 Nov 2021
55
45th
Surprisingly bad. Trailer looked amazing but it was just a bloated tweaky convoluted mess of murky dark scenes and sketchy cardboard people.
Rated 17 Nov 2021
metismetis
Rated 06 Aug 2021
60
18th
??? ???
Rated 06 Aug 2021
matthagenmatthagen
Rated 10 Apr 2021
58
69th
I keep checking out what Wheatley has to offer, so he is doing something right. And this is one of his better offerings. It's too crazy and impenetrable to love, but the style and momentum is a marvel. There is something surprising around every corner. Perhaps most importantly, I want to see it again someday in order to reassess.
Rated 10 Apr 2021
spaceflohspacefloh
Rated 08 Jan 2021
50
35th
eng; [high-rise]; ein luxoriöses hochhaus erlaubt es seinen bewohnern in den 70er jahren fast alles innerhalb der mauern zu machen - bis sich ein streit zwischen den verschiedenen mieterschichten bildet.;
Rated 08 Jan 2021
stuie299stuie299
Rated 31 May 2020
85
76th
Visually and stylistically this movie is absolutely stunning. The art direction and score are flat out impeccable. Hiddleston, Evans, Irons, and well pretty much everyone give top notch performances. Unfortunately though, the actual substance of the movie is either entirely too convoluted and hidden behind endless droves of allegory or simply put nonexistent. Basically the film ends up being extremely good for what it is, but at the same time it also had the potential to be even better.
Rated 31 May 2020
em0nsterem0nster
Rated 27 Apr 2019
15
8th
I'm sure there was a message somewhere or a meaning. But I missed it. Whatever criticism of society or behaviour that was meant to be conveyed got lost in the mess of this... mess.
Rated 27 Apr 2019
karamazovkaramazov.
Rated 31 Dec 2018
33
42nd
[watched this a year-or-two ago, holding off on a review to gather my thoughts, but now have no memory of what I was going to say about it].
Rated 31 Dec 2018
alex_watkinsAlex Watkins
Rated 07 Jul 2018
4
70th
What's curious about High Rise is that there's no real, crucial inciting incident that leads to the collapse of the sealed-off society; it's gradual, almost arbitrary, how quickly things turn to shit. And while that makes it feel a bit thin, it compensates with inspired design (owing much to Gilliam) and perfectly deadpan, absurdist dialogue ("They're raping people they shouldn't now!"). It also features the most memorable opening scene in a while.
Rated 07 Jul 2018
anahitaAnahita
Rated 07 Feb 2018
60
73rd
Tom Hiddleston's performance is great.
Rated 07 Feb 2018
fenixdownfenixdown
Rated 30 Jan 2018
66
25th
Too many characters to keep track of. However, if you're into sex and violence, this film has plenty of both!
Rated 30 Jan 2018
voneverecvoneverec
Rated 20 Jun 2017
55
22nd
mevzu fena değil de anlatım kötüydü.
Rated 20 Jun 2017
mandymandy
Rated 10 May 2017
5
18th
Uncomfortable thought provoking viewing.Some nice cinematic touches but overall not enjoyable.
Rated 10 May 2017
barraocBarraoc
Rated 02 Apr 2017
60
38th
High-Rise is like something Terry Gilliam would make only with a stark absence of absurd humour, leaving only the dark rotten kind. The characters are universally unlikable, making it difficult to connect with any of them. I'm struggling to find some positives here... the 70s style is pretty cool?
Rated 02 Apr 2017
aflickeringAFlickering
Rated 02 Feb 2017
3
36th
good but i can't shake the feeling you'd spend your time better working your way through cronenberg's filmography. it may not be a coincidence that wheatley's most professionally made film is also quite possibly his least effective. still, i highly recommend billy stevenson's glowing review as a counterpoint: https://cinematelevisionmusic.wordpress.com/2016/06/14/wheatley-high-rise-2015/
Rated 02 Feb 2017
ptravers2ptravers2
Rated 05 Jan 2017
6
54th
High-Rise, constricted and claustrophobic, knows where it's heading. The lack of surprise is a disappointment, but Wheatley puts his visuals into overdrive and stuns our senses. Just try to turn away.
Rated 05 Jan 2017
wetwillieswetwillies
Rated 10 Dec 2016
75
26th
Viewed December 8, 2016. Nervy and intense; the best worst party you'll ever attend. There's no real structure to speak of (in fact, it jettisons the very idea of a second act entirely, in a bold and exciting montage), so the joy comes in the details, and there are some great ones - Tom Hiddleston's dancing, the carefully sculpted 70s architecture, the many appropriations of ABBA's "SOS." If you're on board, it's a decadent blast.
Rated 10 Dec 2016
kmcneilKMcNeil
Rated 31 Oct 2016
9
94th
And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention.
Rated 31 Oct 2016
andreaslutroandreaslutro
Rated 28 Aug 2016
40
7th
Mostly nonsensical, with no acting performances or imagery good enough to excuse it. Feels either too short, or they focused on the wrong parts of the book for the movie adaptation.
Rated 28 Aug 2016
goldblumingGoldbluming
Rated 12 Aug 2016
91
90th
Paint it grey
Rated 12 Aug 2016
sacmersaultsacmersault
Rated 05 Aug 2016
50
7th
All look, no substance. Beautiful but annoying.
Rated 05 Aug 2016
rdinr.Din
Rated 02 Aug 2016
75
72nd
Superb. Ben Wheately is one of the most intersting directors around at the moment.
Rated 02 Aug 2016
axleblazeaxleblaze
Rated 11 Jul 2016
80
46th
still not quite sure what to make of this honestly
Rated 11 Jul 2016
detoxDetox
Rated 27 Jun 2016
47
19th
A forgettable wannabe satire with too many montages that come and go without any real motivation. I was surprised how useless the protagonist was as well.
Rated 27 Jun 2016
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 13 Jun 2016
65
73rd
Interesting.
Rated 13 Jun 2016
jakeaestheteJakeAesthete
Rated 08 Jun 2016
64
62nd
As a socio-political satire it isn't nearly as smart as Wheatley obviously thinks it is (although to be fair, having never read the novel this could very well at least in part be Ballard's fault), it's ultimately an empty exercise in slick, stylish nihilism more than anything. That said, between this and Sightseers (the only other Wheatley film i've seen), the director's visual sensibility has improved enormously, even if it isn't necessarily distinctive, which makes it easier to watch.
Rated 08 Jun 2016
xacviantxacviant
Rated 31 May 2016
77
43rd
In the 70s, a doctor (Tom Hiddleston) moves into a state-of-the-art high-rise, but issues both technological and sociological gradually turn life for its residents into a feral nightmare. Wheatley again proves his skill as a visual filmmaker, with marvelous imagery throughout (the superb design helps), and the acting is very solid indeed...but as in A FIELD IN ENGLAND, Wheatley and screenwriter Amy Jump find cohesive storytelling somewhat out of their grasp, and the themes seem a hair outmoded.
Rated 31 May 2016
hsncrspywlhsncrspywl
Rated 14 May 2016
80
65th
on the nose. like patsy. noice.
Rated 14 May 2016
matthew_parkinsonMatthew Parkinson
Rated 01 May 2016
75
84th
As a biting form of social commentary that's even more relevant now than it was when the novel was written in 1975, High-Rise is a fascinating, thrilling, and darkly humorous piece of filmmaking. It's stylish, angry, and very entertaining. It's always got multiple elements working, it's got a fascinating cast of characters portrayed by excellent actors, and it's purposeful - even if it's not particularly subtle about it. High-Rise deserves the penthouse suite.
Rated 01 May 2016
greenerGreener
Rated 30 Mar 2016
20
0th
I think it was meant to be a social satire, but then I could be totally wrong. All I know is that this film was an utter mess. For some strange reasons, I liked the mart scenes though.
Rated 30 Mar 2016
gnalkhereGnalkhere
Rated 18 Mar 2016
60
24th
If I lived in dorms and was high on cocaine all day
Rated 18 Mar 2016

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