High Life (2018) **

Source: Imdb

This disturbing space parable was quite strange. I did not really understand the film fully, I think. Robert Pattinson was fantastic as multi-layered criminal and single dad in space. It may seem cliché that a child would help a character like his to grow, but I think under the circumstances, this can be overlooked. It’s painful to watch him look after the little girl, lovingly raising her, when he knows their future is uncertain at the same time and there is no one around to judge him any more, no matter how he treats her. He rediscovers his humanity on this trip and that's quite satisfying to see. Then again, we have the weird and only partially explained story lines of the other inmates and their crazy doctor. A lot of brutal stuff happens. I was quite shocked when the notice came up at the beginning that this movie is 18+, but looking back, it really is full of violent sexual scenes and disturbing concepts.
The execution of this project was gritty and no-frills. This didn’t look like an expensive production. Rather, they invested where it counts: the actors (though the girl selected to play the girl later in the film was not well-cast as her acting did not live up to the talent around her). The lighting was gorgeous as well, and the colour palet. Very atmospheric. We even got to hear another of Robert Pattinson’s beautiful tunes.
Overall, I’m not sure I’d watch this again. It seemed to fall into the same category as “Under the Skin” with Scarlet Johanson a couple of years ago: disturbing sifi. But it easily reached 2/5, maybe more. 

High Life on Imdb