Vox Lux

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Vox Lux

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2018,

1h 50m,

Drama/

Music

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Celeste is a 13-year-old music prodigy who survives a horrific school shooting in Staten Island, N.Y., in 1999. Her talent shines through during the memorial service when she sings a song that touches the hearts of the mourners. Guided by her sister and a talent manager, the young phenom transforms into a rising pop star with a promising future. Eighteen years later, Celeste now finds herself on the comeback trail when a scandal, personal struggles and the pitfalls of fame threaten her career.

Critics Consensus

Intriguing albeit flawed, Vox Lux probes the allures and pitfalls of modern celebrity with intelligence, visual style, and an assured Natalie Portman performance.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

May 6, 2019

Very strange, not wholly successful, but Jude Law is fantastic in it, and I'd always rather watch a filmmaker take a risk..."A Dark Star is Born."

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

May 5, 2019

3/5

It's episodic by design. Even so, the plot is prone to unnerving lurches, like a baked and boozed Celeste struggling to walk on high heels and spaghetti legs.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

May 3, 2019

4/5

Beautifully directed by the former actor Brady Corbet...this is a dark and sometimes unnerving dissection of contemporary culture, and the violence and sensuality that drive it.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jul 2, 2025

5/5

…Vox Lux could have gone in several melodramatic ways, but dials the narrative back, with a grounded yet soaring finale that’s got a real edge...a deconstruction of pop and womanhood that observes a fragmenting subject with a keen, dispassionate eye…

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

Jul 14, 2024

3/5

Going alongside its interpretive story are strong visuals, a vivacious soundtrack, and some stellar performances, particularly from Cassidy and Portman.

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Brittany Patrice Witherspoon

Pop Culture Reviews

Jul 11, 2024

3/5

When the film isn’t too hung up on its overzealous strategy of connecting violent tragedies and pop music, there are some beautiful moments in the film, though overshadowed by abrupt disruptions.

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Ron R

Apr 27, 2019

Opening scene was an attention grabber but the rest of it was an incohesive mess. Portman overacted to the point of a comic caricature. Director made some odd decisions and in the end made an incredible mess of a movie.

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Theodore S

Apr 19, 2019

This movie was so bad we couldn't make to the end. The build up was very slow. The scenes were very disconnected. Portman did a good job in character, but the writing and presentment was sub-par.

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Theodore G

Apr 15, 2019

Worst movie ever !! Do not waste you're time !!

Rey L

Apr 10, 2019

I really loved this film. I thought it started off very moving, but quickly went on to show all the ways fame and success can lead to a loss of innocence in very real and tangible ways. I also love the jarringly autotunned songs, rediculous outfits, frank narrator, manic behavior and the mad erratic home movie-esque sequences in this film, which all made me feel a sense of dread for the character. A pop star IS taken away from their family, put on tour, put in front of a camera and made to chime out auto tuned hit after hit. I love that this film went to show, quite clearly, the pressure and reality of fame. Despite singing about love, lots of friends, sex and hope, Celeste is a 31 year old with no friends, no boyfriend, and a drug and alcohol problem. She's constantly told where to go, who to talk to, and what to say, and is bombarded with difficult to answer questions and attention from the public when she just wants to be alone. I feel this rings true has, realistically, how could a pop star live any other way? Where is the time for friends and love? This movie had a lot to say as it points out all the ways fame can be a trap for the individual, and isn't necessarily â~the ideal life'. Despite dragging on at times, this movie had an awful lot to say; and I'm here for it.

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Apr 6, 2019

Couldn't seem to keep me interested... ...vox lux sux

Poe G

Apr 3, 2019

As one of the movies I have been looking forward to the most last year, this film was a major let down. It seems like the writer simply took the most exploitative issues of the day, shook them up, and called it a film. I can't believe the wasted opportunity on display here.

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Adult Celeste, Act II

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Synopsis

Celeste is a 13-year-old music prodigy who survives a horrific school shooting in Staten Island, N.Y., in 1999. Her talent shines through during the memorial service when she sings a song that touches the hearts of the mourners. Guided by her sister and a talent manager, the young phenom transforms into a rising pop star with a promising future. Eighteen years later, Celeste now finds herself on the comeback trail when a scandal, personal struggles and the pitfalls of fame threaten her career.

Director: Brady Corbet
Producer: Andrew Lauren, D.J. Gugenheim, Michel Litvak, Svetlana Metkina, David Litvak, Brian Young, Gary Michael Walters, Robert Salerno, Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa
Screenwriter: Brady Corbet
Distributor: Neon
Production Co: Killer Films
Rating: R (Language|Drug Content|Some Strong Violence)
Genre: Drama, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 7, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 4, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $727.1K
Runtime: 1h 50m

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