Starfish
Benuca Films | Release Date: March 15, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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89
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerApr 17, 2019
White brings an incredible freshness to the well-trodden postapocalyptic genre. Starfish flips from introspective drama to Lovecraftian creature feature to pastel-tinged animation without ever losing coherence. Read full review
80
Film ThreatChuck FosterApr 23, 2019
Pain either destroys us or makes us stronger. The trick is knowing how to avoid the traps and use it for inspiration. While he could have stayed stuck in the black void of sorrow, White instead made something beautiful. Honestly, he could not have paid a better tribute to his friend. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comNick AllenMar 26, 2019
The work of a filmmaker I'm very excited to see and hear more from, “Starfish” is very much its own sci-fi mixtape—curated with hit and miss offerings, but with an undeniable and meaningful sincerity all the same. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJason BaileyJun 20, 2019
If White’s wild formal experimentation and narrative cul-de-sacs result in a strange identity crisis for the film — a sense that he wasn’t entirely sure which movie he wanted to make — Gardner’s stellar work unifies it. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayMay 30, 2019
It’s a little like a post-apocalyptic survivalist thriller, crossed with Lynn Ramsay’s impressionistic masterpiece “Morvern Callar,” crossed with a Radiohead video. Not all of those pieces fit together. But they combine into something strikingly original. Read full review
63
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenMar 26, 2019
As Starfish becomes a more obvious personal metaphor involving betrayal and forgiveness, it also becomes a bit less interesting—even as it still marks White as an ambitious talent to watch. Read full review
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