Maps to the Stars
Focus World | Release Date: February 27, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
Positive:
25
Mixed:
11
Negative:
3
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60
SlateDana StevensFeb 26, 2015
When every character is always operating at maximum loathsomeness, it can be difficult to recalibrate your disgust-o-meter. I suspect this sense of moral vertigo, and the resulting nausea, is part of what Cronenberg is after, but his skill at evoking those states in the viewer doesn’t make the experience of watching Maps to the Stars any less sour. Read full review
60
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekFeb 24, 2015
The fact that Cronenberg directed almost works against Maps to the Stars: We expect greatness from him, not just proficiency, and he doesn't exactly have a gift for comedy, not even the black kind. But the movie still has the darkly glittering Cronenberg touch, even if it's just a light brushing. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMay 24, 2014
Cronenberg assumes a distinctly clinical approach to the emotional, social and business shenanigans on display here, a perspective that has brilliantly served some of his overtly psychological, horror and sci-fi pieces but gives this one a brittle and airless feel. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonDave CalhounMay 24, 2014
What stops David Cronenberg’s grotesque noir Maps to the Stars, written by LA insider Bruce Wagner, from feeling tired is that it’s deliciously odd. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Feb 25, 2015
It’s a movie you’ve seen many times before, just never in the perverse key of Cronenberg. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 5, 2015
It’s well-made and well-acted, but it’s also a grotesque, self-indulgent and ultimately tiresome satire that leaves behind an unpleasant stench. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzFeb 26, 2015
In "The Player," Robert Altman carves up Hollywood with knowing, surgical precision. Cronenberg is a gifted filmmaker in his own right, but here he takes a meat-ax to the place. He gets what he's after but leaves quite a mess. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia PuigFeb 26, 2015
If a pointless and nasty Hollywood satire filled with vile characters and no one to root for sounds like a good time, go see Maps to the Stars. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 25, 2015
This unblinking yet unsatisfying ensemble drama features kinky sex, ruthless opportunism, violence and psychosis. Very Cronenberg. Read full review
50
VarietyPeter DebrugeMay 24, 2014
Maps struggles to mix its various genres: Part showbiz sendup, part ghost story, part dysfunctional-family drama, the movie instead comes across as so much jaded mumbo-jumbo. Read full review
50
HitfixDrew McWeenyMay 24, 2014
Julianne Moore seems to be the one person in the film that truly gets the tone right, playing Havana like a person walking a tightrope over a yawning pit of psychosis, her every emotion bubbling up and threatening to knock her off. Read full review
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