High Life

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High Life

R

2019

1h 53m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

Adventure

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Monte and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to the outer reaches of the solar system. They must now rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole.

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Critics Consensus

High Life is as visually arresting as it is challenging, confounding, and ultimately rewarding - which is to say it's everything film fans expect from director Claire Denis.

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Sophie Monks Kaufman

Little White Lies

Dec 23, 2019

5/5

All I can say is that it's a pleasure to have my reviewing faculties blown and my psyche splintered by this master filmmaker.

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Dec 21, 2019

3/5

There is much of Tarkovsky's Solaris in the main body and the flashbacks... could be lifted straight from the same director's Stalker. High Life is, however, stuffed with Denis' characteristic philosophical derangement.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

May 22, 2019

It goes out into the universe to look in...it is first and foremost a film by Claire Denis.

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Nairon Santos de Morais

Loud and Clear Reviews

Feb 7, 2025

4/5

While High Life flopped upon its release in 2019, Claire Denis’ English-language debut is not a film that should be forgotten. On the contrary, it’s a movie to discover and fall in love with.

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

Jul 14, 2024

4/5

There’s such conviction in its refusal to bend to convention that I find it hard not to admire the film in some way, shape or form.

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Paul Kanieski

KSQD Community Radio

Jul 19, 2023

Composed of equal parts mystery, thriller and speculative fiction, High Life starts off slowly but rewards patience, gradually working towards a finale which weaves elements of Interstellar and 2001: A Space Odyssey into something uniquely Claire Denis.

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Wayne K

@WayneKelso Oct 29, 2026

A potentially intriguing story about survival and the future of the human race, hamstrung by languid pacing and a slate of apathetic performances, Clarie Denis’ High Life tries it’s best to make the scenario at it’s heart plausible but never quite gets there. Nobody acts like a regular human being, arguments pop up over nothing and scenes of Robert Pattinson doing very little get stretched out to pad the runtime. I’ll applaud it for keeping the cast small, but even then you recognise many of the players more for the big names playing the characters rather than the characters themselves. Little is done to explain the current state of the human race and what might have brought about this mission or it’s potential benefits. It often plays out like a teenage soap opera, with bitchy comments and fights over the smallest things. I really wanted to like it, but there was just no getting into it for me. An interesting germ of an idea that fails to sprout.

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Pedro Henrique C

@Pedro2005 May 30, 2026

High Life (2019) It's a real waste of time. This movie is awful, with a confusing script that makes absolutely no sense. It's a real waste of a main cast.

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Raph C

@RaphChou May 19, 2026

The film’s slow pace allows you to savor every scene and imagine the possible outcomes. It’s movies like this that make me turn away from TV shows. A gem!

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Priya C.

@Sci-FiTrekkie Apr 30, 2026

Claire Denis does a phenomenal job with High Life. It's thought provoking and a cinematic masterpiece. It's slow and requires patience from the viewer but its worth it. The story is very nonlinear but you're able to piece things together as the film goes along. My only issue with the film was some of the content can be triggering and upsetting.

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Biohazard 0

@RT07871911 Apr 6, 2026

Rubbish. Artistic nonsense. 8 million USD wasted. Belongs in the bin with Marty Supreme. Do not waste your time. More proof critics are idiots.

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Arun S

@Snuffelupecus Apr 5, 2026

Fantastic movie. Thought provoking with solid performances by the cast. WTF is it that people don't like about this movie?

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Synopsis

Monte and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to the outer reaches of the solar system. They must now rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole.

Director: Claire Denis
Producer: Oliver Dungey, Laurence Clerc, Olivier Thery-Lapiney, Christophe Friedel, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Klaudia Śmieja, Claudia Steffen
Screenwriter: Geoff Cox, Jean-Pol Fargeau
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Alcatraz Films, arte France Cinéma, A24, Andrew Lauren Productions, Madants, Arte, Pandora Filmproduktion, BFI Film Fund
Rating: R (Disturbing Violent Content|Disturbing Sexual Content|Graphic Nudity|Language|Sexual Assault)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 5, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 11, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.2M
Runtime: 1h 53m

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