Neptune Frost

Name: Neptune Frost
Genre: Sci-Fi, Musical
Released: June 3, 2022
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 83
Cast: Bertrand Ninteretse, Cecile Kayiregawa, Cheryl Isheja, Dorcy Rugamba, Ekaterina Baker

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: June 3, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Bertrand Ninteretse, Cecile Kayiregawa, Cheryl Isheja, Dorcy Rugamba, Ekaterina Baker, Eliane Umuhire, Elvis Ngabo, Eric Ngangare, Natasha Muziramakenga, Rebecca Mucyo, Trésor Niyongabo

Summary: In the hilltops of Burundi, a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region's natural resources – and its people. When an intersex runaway and an escaped coltan miner find eachIn the hilltops of Burundi, a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region's natural resources – and its people. When an intersex runaway and an escaped coltan miner find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry. … Expand

Director: Anisia Uzeyman and Saul Williams

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Musical

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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Michael Talbot-Haynes

Aug 16, 2022

The proceedings have that perfect narrative balance of a simple fairytale, leading to baffling visions and fantastic ideas. Read full review

Carlos Aguilar

Jun 2, 2022

For all of the film’s ideological richness, what Neptune Frost discusses is far from impenetrably abstract. The directors not only hack cinema, a medium historically dominated by white storytellers, to make a statement, but they also reposition its lens to center a fresh crop of artistic voices in a mesmerizing battle cry of a film set to the inextinguishable beat of the drums. Read full review

Roxana Hadadi

Jun 6, 2022

Neptune Frost is a mission statement by way of a musical, and its defining image is a middle finger taking up the whole lens. Read full review

Polygon Toussaint Egan

Jan 28, 2022

At times befuddling, though adamantly mesmerizing, Neptune Frost fuses searing anti-establishment lyricism with ethereal electronica to create a film and universe worthy of its place alongside the likes of Sun Ra’s Space Is The Place and 2019’s I Snuck off the Slave Ship. Read full review

The Guardian Phil Hoad

Nov 1, 2022

If narrative clarity is obviously not top of Uzeyman and Williams’ priorities, the film always looks amazing: fluorescent dream sequences, glitchy cyberpunk overlays, wild character designs (from costume designer Cedric Mizero and makeup artist Tanya Melendez). Read full review

Josh Larsen

Jul 13, 2022

If Neptune Frost plays like a visual album rather than a traditional movie (even a movie musical), it offers more substance than that description suggests. Read full review

Siddhant Adlakha

Jan 28, 2022

A film with sights and sounds you’ve never seen or heard, it’s an intriguing watch with catchy, energetic numbers, even if it doesn’t always land emotionally. Read full review

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Marzanne

Jun 29, 2022

Incredible film. Perfect portrayals of mythic Neptune and Uranus and the energy they deliver, with Mars themes weaving through as well. Powerful and overwhelming at times making the quiet and most intimate parts all the more effectual and leaving the viewer longing for them to last.Incredible film. Perfect portrayals of mythic Neptune and Uranus and the energy they deliver, with Mars themes weaving through as well. Powerful and overwhelming at times making the quiet and most intimate parts all the more effectual and leaving the viewer longing for them to last. Imagistically beautiful and potent. The first 2/3rds were perfect, where it lost its footing a bit in the last 3rd, due to a sense of hurrying up to drive home the point for potential folks in the audience who might not have understood. It almost felt like a producer arguing for marketability got in the way of some of the deeper narratives at the end. Original and resonant.… Expand

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JayMalcolm

Oct 16, 2022

If you're looking for entertainment, look elsewhere. Lin Manuel Miranda and a cast of largely unknown Africans have put together a work of cinematic art that will likely become a classic of this century, exploring a wide variety of themes. If you don't know how Africans are still beingIf you're looking for entertainment, look elsewhere. Lin Manuel Miranda and a cast of largely unknown Africans have put together a work of cinematic art that will likely become a classic of this century, exploring a wide variety of themes. If you don't know how Africans are still being exploited on their own continent to benefit the wealthier, paler inhabitants of other continents, the images in this film will stay with you. The dances and music are of hallucinogenic intensity, and the plotting is involved enough to warrant a second look. Pay special attention to the yearning for a savior whose initials might be "MLK".… Expand

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JLuis_001

Feb 23, 2023

When it doesn't have its ups and downs, Neptune Frost manages to amaze in a very impressive way.
It covers quite a lot conceptually, tonally and thematically but succeeds in doing so without stifling itself.
It is a skillful exploration of imagination. Even when it might seem like the filmWhen it doesn't have its ups and downs, Neptune Frost manages to amaze in a very impressive way.
It covers quite a lot conceptually, tonally and thematically but succeeds in doing so without stifling itself.

It is a skillful exploration of imagination. Even when it might seem like the film is dancing on a precipice where it could lose its way, Neptune Frost remains creative and captivating.

Although what is presented on screen is not something I would classify as intricate or overly experimental, attention is an essential requirement to digest it.
Perhaps its artistic display may seem to overshadow its message a little, but for me the symbiosis between the two is very good and works more than fine.

Neptune Frost is an excellently textured film that demonstrates that it is not necessary to force a passable and predictable form to tell this type of story.… Expand

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n8cv1996

Jun 13, 2022

Not bad, but not good. It hits on deeper themes that, in its delivery, appear surface level in its understanding and expansion. There were good parts of the movie worth remembering, but I would say only a couple moments. This movie could have been great.

If I were to stumble upon this movieNot bad, but not good. It hits on deeper themes that, in its delivery, appear surface level in its understanding and expansion. There were good parts of the movie worth remembering, but I would say only a couple moments. This movie could have been great.

If I were to stumble upon this movie on the SyFy channel on TV (because it is SyFy, experimental movie, ilk) I may or may not abandon the movie altogether.

If you’re radically on the left and uneducated, you will enjoy this movie.… Expand

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Brent_Marchant

Jul 10, 2022

I would so liked to have given this ambitious indie offering a higher score, but, unfortunately, because of clarity conflicts between narrative and screenplay, I simply couldn't. This Afrocentric musical fantasy with a multitude of themes protesting war, corporate greed, social intoleranceI would so liked to have given this ambitious indie offering a higher score, but, unfortunately, because of clarity conflicts between narrative and screenplay, I simply couldn't. This Afrocentric musical fantasy with a multitude of themes protesting war, corporate greed, social intolerance and a host of other issues definitely has its heart in the right place, with inventive special effects and cutting-edge musical stylings. However, its attempt to express itself through cryptic poetic dialogue and soliloquies obscures its messages with its often-indecipherable prose. I sincerely applaud the attempt to push the envelope of the script, but, when the mixed metaphor wording becomes so irretrievably gnarled and vague, it's difficult to figure out exactly what the screenwriter is seeking to say. Directors Anisia Uzeyman and Saul Williams are clearly on to something here, but they need to clean it up a bit to make the material more coherent and accessible, with writing that's on par with the superb quality of everything else this innovative release has to offer.… Expand

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