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High-Rise
2015 119 min United Kingdom, Belgium, Northern Ireland R 18+
★5.7
Drama
Director: Ben Wheatley
🎭 Based on
«High-Rise»
byJ. G. Ballard
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Description
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
US Gross:
$346,472
Worldwide:
$4.29M
Starring
Tom Hiddleston
Actor
Jeremy Irons
Actor
Sienna Miller
Actor
Awards
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2015
— Golden Shell
Key opinion
High-Rise is a visually striking and stylistically ambitious adaptation that polarizes audiences with its descent into surrealist chaos. While many praise the production design and performances, the film is widely criticized for its fragmented narrative and failure to maintain structural coherence as it progresses.
| Production | The production design and aesthetic choices effectively capture a surreal, retro-futuristic atmosphere. | |
| Acting | Tom Hiddleston and Luke Evans deliver compelling, high-energy performances that anchor the film's chaotic tone. | |
| Score | The score, particularly the Portishead soundtrack, serves as an evocative and successful leitmotif throughout the film. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay fails to maintain its initial intrigue, collapsing into incoherence and narrative dead-ends after the first act. | |
| Theme | The film's metaphors are polarizing; some viewers find the allegorical depth rewarding, while others view them as excessive, preachy, and devoid of true substantive meaning. | |
| Pacing | The pacing is viewed as heavy and exhausting by some, while others feel the structure refuses to commit to a traditional arc, resulting in an uneven viewing experience. |