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An alien (Elle Fanning) touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets three mates mates in the most dangerous place in the universe: the London suburb of Croydon in 1977, the center of the punk revolution. From the director of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, based on a short story by Neil Gaiman. Nominated for the Queer Palm nominee at Cannes 2017.
- Director:
- John Cameron Mitchell ('Hedwig and the Angry Inch', 'Shortbus')
- Writer:
- Philippa GoslettJohn Cameron Mitchell
- Cast:
- Elle FanningNicole KidmanRuth WilsonStephen Campbell MooreMatt LucasJoanna Scanlan
Reviews & comments
Vulture
pressThe film looks dreadful, and the CG effects are a legitimate eyesore: An opening animated sequence is so tacky, it took me a while before I realized it wasn't just another logo animation for a random film fund.
Variety
pressThe film enunciates its raw themes - punk means individuality! the aliens are all about conformity! - but never begins to figure out how to embody those themes in a narrative that could lure in the audience.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThere's too little narrative cohesion or persuasive subtext to make this much more than a low-budget folly that's outre without always being terribly interesting.
Collider
pressThe cinematic energy that permeated the screen in both 'Hedwig' and its follow-up, the oft-forgotten 'Shortbus', is completely missing here.
Vulture
pressThe film looks dreadful, and the CG effects are a legitimate eyesore: An opening animated sequence is so tacky, it took me a while before I realized it wasn't just another logo animation for a random film fund.
Variety
pressThe film enunciates its raw themes - punk means individuality! the aliens are all about conformity! - but never begins to figure out how to embody those themes in a narrative that could lure in the audience.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThere's too little narrative cohesion or persuasive subtext to make this much more than a low-budget folly that's outre without always being terribly interesting.
Collider
pressThe cinematic energy that permeated the screen in both 'Hedwig' and its follow-up, the oft-forgotten 'Shortbus', is completely missing here.
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