High Life

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Directed by Claire Denis
Produced by Andrew Lauren, Laurence Clerc, Olivier Théry-Lapiney, Oliver Dungey, Christoph Friedel, D.J. Gugenheim, Klaudia Smieja, and Claudia Steffen
Written by Claire Denis and Jean-Pol Fargeau

With: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin, Mia Goth, Lars Eidinger, Agata Buzek, Claire Tran, Ewan Mitchell, Gloria Obianyo, Jessie Ross, and Scarlett Lindsey

Cinematography: Yorick Le Saux and Tomasz Naumiuk
Editing: Guy Lecorne
Music: Stuart Staples and Tindersticks

Runtime: 110 min
Release Date: 07 November 2018
Aspect Ratio: 1.66 : 1
Color: Color

Twitter Capsule:

Denis' take on sci-fi aims for a Solaris-esque psychological meditation, but the results feel more like a contemporary Silent Running. Many strong ideas, themes, and sequences but ultimately a stagnant drama trapped in an unconvincing extraterrestrial setting.

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A very good film. Most films I see fall in the two- or three-star ranking. I give an extra half-star to three-star films that could end up on the list of the 5000 greatest.

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A good film that fully succeeds at what it sets out to accomplish. Well worth seeing, but less effective than a three-and-a-half stars films and often less consequential than a two-and-a-half star film.

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