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Name: Aloft
Released: 2015-5-22
Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Melanie Laurent, Cillian Murphy, Oona Chaplin, William Shimell

Aloft

R
1h 37m
2015

17%

age 16+

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As we follow a mother (Jennifer Connelly) and her son (Cillian Murphy), we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart. She will become a renowned artist and healer, and he will grow into his own, a peculiar falconer who bears the marks of abandonment. In the present, a young journalist (Mélanie Laurent) will bring about an encounter between the two that puts the very meaning of life and art into question, so that we may contemplate the possibility of living life to its fullest, despite the uncertainties littering our paths.

Director:

Claudia Llosa

Producer:

Claudia Llosa, Ibon Cormenzana, Phyllis Laing, Jose Maria Morales

Writer:

Claudia Llosa

Cast:

Jennifer Connelly, Melanie Laurent, Cillian Murphy, Oona Chaplin, William Shimell

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

17%

Critics Consensus: Glacially paced and ineptly plotted, Aloft crushes the game efforts of a talented cast under a dreary viewing experience whose title proves sadly ironic.

Reviews

Spirituality & Health

Bilge Ebiri

The results are perplexing, and beautiful. Aloft is not easy to summarize, but it's even harder to forget.

March 24, 2020

FULL REVIEW

The Canadian Crew

Jorge Ignacio Castillo

Early Alejandro González-Iñarritu called. He wants his style back.

There's a difference between pursuing a personal vision and wallowing in your own fetishes, as writer/director Claudia Llosa has done here.

January 10, 2020

FULL REVIEW

Cinencuentro

Sebastian Zavala Kahn

All that Aloft wants to do is to tell a story about a son and his mother, surrounding it with spiritual themes and metaphors involving falconry. [Full review in Spanish]

When the film is over, the story seems rather less interesting than it might have been had it played out more conventionally, though it also seems unfinished.

October 11, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 16+

Common Sense Says

Drama about faith, family is atmospheric but uneven.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Aloft is an intense drama about a mother who abandons her child after a family catastrophe and then becomes a reclusive healer. There's one fairly explicit sex scene (breasts visible, plus noises and movements), strong language (including "f--k" and "s--t"), and disturbing scenes of violence/trauma (a boy's beloved falcon is shot in cold blood; a boy accidentally sparks events that end with his brother's death; a mother leaves her child). It's intense, but this drama, which stars Jennifer Connelly and Cillian Murphy as the estranged mother and her adult son, is generally appropriate for older teens who can handle the mature content and complicated family dynamics, upsetting scenes, and non-linear plot.