Aloft

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

Aloft

R
1h 37m
2015

16%

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:

Writer:

Claudia Llosa

Cast:

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

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

16%

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

Cinencuentro

Sebastian Zavala Kahn

All that Aloft wants to do is to tell a story about a son and his mother, surrounding it with spir...

When the film is over, the story seems rather less interesting than it might have been had it play...

Aloft may have arisen from some unique personal mythology of maternalism, but it's brought down by...

August 24, 2017

FULL REVIEW

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Kathy Fennessy

The characters feel like sketches, and the pace never deviates from its steady course.

While Iñárritu's work usually boasts some compensatory visual delight, this film drifts on its twe...

August 2, 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.