Review of Starfish (2019) by David_Koontz — 19 Sep 2020
This movie has fantastic cinematography, great production design, costumes, and acting. Everything I'm looking for except a coherent plot. Sure there are hints of what the plot might be, but this is one of those "you decide wtf was going on" kind of films. The pacing is borderline catatonic, and I'm saying this as someone who generally really likes slow dramas. It's painfully obvious what this film is trying to be, it just fails spectacularly to get there. This wouldn't be so bad if the trailer wasn't so deceptive. Every cool moment in the trailer disappoints when you experience that scene in the film. I'm all for filmmakers making their avant garde dream film, just don't lie to me in order to get me to watch it.
TL;DR: If you want a post apocalyptic film that's character focused, slow paced, and looks beautiful try something like Aniara.
This review of Starfish (2019) was written by David_Koontz on 19 Sep 2020.
Starfish has generally received mixed reviews.
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