2020
Not Rated
Samuel Goldwyn Films
1 h 49 m

2020
Not Rated
Samuel Goldwyn Films
1 h 49 m

Summary In a god-fearing small town in 1960s Oklahoma, bespectacled and reclusive teen Iris endures the booze-induced antics of her mother and daily doses of bullying from her classmates. She finds solace in Maggie, the charismatic and enigmatic new girl at school, who hones in on Iris’s untapped potential and coaxes her out of her shell. When M...

Drama

Directed By: Martha Stephens

Written By: Shannon Bradley-Colleary

2020
Not Rated
Samuel Goldwyn Films
1 h 49 m

2020
Not Rated
Samuel Goldwyn Films
1 h 49 m

To the Stars

Name: To the Stars
Genre: Drama
Released: 2020-04-24
Duration: 1 min 49 s
Rating: 60
Cast: Kara Hayward, Jordana Spiro, Tina Parker, Shea Whigham, Lucas Jade Zumann

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings

6.8

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Directed By: Martha Stephens

Written By: Shannon Bradley-Colleary

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Entertainment Weekly

Apr 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.

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Screen Daily

Apr 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.

By Tim Grierson FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Apr 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.

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RogerEbert.com

Apr 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.”

By Tomris Laffly FULL REVIEW

The Guardian

May 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.

By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Apr 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.

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Variety

Apr 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.

By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Northern Lights Films, Foton Pictures, Prowess Pictures, Rockhill Studios

Release Date Apr 24, 2020

Duration 1 h 49 m

Rating Not Rated

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Awards

Cinetopia Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

OUT at the Movies Int'l LGBT Film Fest

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Sundance Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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Kara Hayward

Iris Deerborne

Jordana Spiro

Francie Deerborne

Tina Parker

Edith McCoy

Shea Whigham

Hank Deerborne

Lucas Jade Zumann

Jeff Owings

Quinn Gasaway

Mike

Connor Scott Frank

Hal

Andrew Youngerman

Jerry

Liana Liberato

Maggie Richmond

Natalie Canerday

Ms. Turnbull

Madisen Beaty

Clarissa Dell

Lauren Cole

Rhonda Robertson

Malin Akerman

Grace Richmond

Adelaide Clemens

Hazel Atkins

Farah White

Barbara Dell

JD Evermore

Len McCoy

Tony Hale

Gerald Richmond

Kylie Cox

Emily Richmond

Sydney Cox

Tallulah Richmond

Sophi Bairley

Hattie McCoy

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