Vox Lux

Name: Vox Lux
Released: 2018-12-7
Cast: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Stacy Martin, Jennifer Ehle, Raffey Cassidy

Vox Lux

R
1h 55m
2018

61%

age 16+

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Vox Lux begins in 1999 when teenage sisters Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) and Eleanor (Stacy Martin) survive a seismic, violent tragedy. The sisters compose and perform a song about their experience, making something lovely and cathartic out of catastrophe — while also catapulting Celeste to stardom. By 2017, the now 31-year-old Celeste (Natalie Portman) is mother to a teenage daughter of her own and struggling to navigate a career fraught with scandals when another act of terrifying violence demands her attention.

Director:

Brady Corbet

Producer:

Writer:

Brady Corbet

Cast:

Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Stacy Martin, Jennifer Ehle, Raffey Cassidy

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

61%

Critics Consensus: Intriguing albeit flawed, Vox Lux probes the allures and pitfalls of modern celebrity with intelligence, visual style, and an assured Natalie Portman performance.

Reviews

Awards Daily

Zhuo-Ning Su

A work of great style, sharp observations and unexpected tonal shifts... It confirms Corbet as a v...

By the time his heroine is belting out her third-rate songs in a sequined jumpsuit, you can't help...

The entire film rests on Natalie Portman. There's no question about her commitment to this role, b...

Great performances and the director's determination to plunge us into uncomfortable territory make...

Vox Lux has too many ideas it's trying to grapple with that it ends up not having any ideas.

August 1, 2019

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 16+

Common Sense Says

Stark but glitzy music-industry drama has violence, sex.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Vox Lux is a music-industry drama about a singer named Celeste who rises to stardom after surviving a school shooting. There are two sequences with graphic violence: the school shooting and a terrorist attack. Automatic weapons are fired, and characters (many of them teens) get shot, bleed, and die. Celeste is said to have a bullet lodged in her spine, and there are other descriptions of violence. Teen drinking is strongly implied (a teen girl vomits after a night out); characters also use drugs (getting quite high) and drink, and there are many mentions of drugs. Language is strong, with uses of "f--k," "s--t," "bitch," and more. A man is shown in nongraphic sexual situations with an underage teen girl, and another teen girl is said to have lost her virginity. Other sexual moments are suggested or discussed. The movie's tone is downbeat, and its messages are rather vague. But it has enough flash and dazzle to make it worth a look. Natalie Portman and Jude Law star.