To the Stars
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date (Streaming): April 24, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyMary SollosiApr 27, 2020
To the Stars seems downcast, at first glance, but it serves as a gentle, lovely reminder that one true friendship, even forged amid adversity, can be enough to keep you looking skyward. Read full review
83
The Film StageJordan RaupApr 7, 2020
To the Stars is quaint in its aims, but this compact focus brings an enveloping level of intimacy. Read full review
80
Screen DailyTim GriersonApr 7, 2020
A simple story celebrating the importance of showing resilience and goodness in the face of intolerance, To The Stars never shouts to make its points. All the better that it forces you to lean in so you can really hear. Read full review
75
IndieWireRyan LattanzioApr 24, 2020
The movie’s topple into melodramatic excess is fitting for a film set in the 1960s, a time dominated by melodramas. And also like the cinema of the 1960s, there’s a grit and urgency to To the Stars, of something bigger and darker coming along with the changing times. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustApr 22, 2020
It is a movie that will reward your patience. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenApr 7, 2020
Director Martha Stephens' atmospheric period piece is in many ways its own planet: The world it conjures is a woman's world — not a world that women created or rule, but one where their longings, dissatisfactions and sorrows are center stage, and most of the story's men and boys look on from the periphery, when they're not lashing out. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 26, 2020
To the Stars may be a mixed bag of over-familiar obstacles and dated themes. But this period-perfect piece and a solid cast take us back to an uglier time, just as we were about to forget it. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyApr 24, 2020
In segments brutal and unforgiving, Stephens gives the viewer glimpses of the kind of emotional and physical abuse Maggie is subjected to—beaten by her dad, unsupported by her kindly but helpless mother, told by religious figures in the past that her homosexuality can be “fixed.” Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliApr 23, 2020
For roughly the first two-thirds of its 109-minute running length, To the Stars is an effecting and effective tale of female bonding. Unfortunately, the wheels come off toward the end as melodramatic contrivances result in an unlikely climax and unsatisfying denouement. Read full review
60
The GuardianLeslie FelperinMay 28, 2020
The period trappings – which must have cost a bomb – are lush and smartly deployed without being heavy-handed, and the two young leads are very watchable. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternApr 23, 2020
Still, the two main performances count for a lot. Ms. Hayward, who was so endearing as Suzy, the tween lover in “Moonrise Kingdom,” is touchingly winsome as Iris, though she’s sometimes allowed or encouraged by her director to be busier than an actor need be. Ms. Liberato has the best of both worlds, and makes them better; a natural at comedy, she’s adept at serious drama. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeApr 23, 2020
As writer Shannon Bradley-Colleary and director Martha Stephens embark on a love story so subtle, it isn’t really a love story at all. In some hands, that would be intriguing. Here, however, it’s just lukewarm. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisApr 23, 2020
It’s always nice to see characters break free, but you need to care whether they do. One insurmountable problem with this story is that Iris just isn’t interesting enough and certainly not developed enough either as a character or in terms of the performance. Read full review
50
The PlaylistJordan RuimyApr 7, 2020
The meaningful topics of female sexual expression, repression, and desire for acceptance that “To the Stars” portrays are relevant, but it’s a shame they’re not more poignant and persuasive. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis HarveyApr 7, 2020
To the Stars needn’t have taken itself so seriously, but the fact that it ultimately does is exactly what turns it from a potentially charming, bittersweet fable to a pretentiously overblown yet undercooked Amerindie soap opera. Read full review
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