Synopsis
In 1970s London, a teenage outsider named Enn falls in love with a rebellious alien girl named Zan, who has come to Earth for a party. Together, they navigate the complexities of intergalactic culture and the trials of first love.
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Cast
- Elle FanningZan
- Alex SharpEnn
- Nicole KidmanBoadicea
- Matt LucasPT Wain
- Ruth WilsonPT Stella
- Abraham LewisVic
- Ethan LawrenceJohn
- Edward PetherbridgePT First
- Joanna ScanlanMarion, Enn’s Mother
- Tom BrookePT Waldo
Recommendations
- 83
The Playlist
This outer space oddity is destined for the cult-classic section of some future camp horror and sci-fi B-movie aisle. - 70
Screen Daily
How To Talk To Girls at Parties shouldn’t work, as it feels at times like a film made by a talented student collective who overheard a ‘punk vs aliens’ elevator pitch. But work it does: it’s all a bit mad, but ultimately rather moving. - 67
IndieWire
Mitchell transforms Neil Gaiman’s sci-fi short story into a vibrant, edgy and at times outright goofy statement on tough antiestablishment rebels and freewheeling hippy vibes, suggesting that they’re not really all that that different. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Ultimately, this psychedelic culture-clash comedy-romance takes what was at heart a relatively simple story by Gaiman, which channeled bold sci-fi imagination into relatable adolescent experience, and overcomplicates it beyond repair. - 42
The Film Stage
The lack of narrative propulsion or powerful subtext of any kind results in little dramatic substance beyond its cult-like ambitions. - 40
CineVue
Mitchell's understanding of punk seems to be the brandishing of two or three cliches, shouting a lot and name-checking bands. - 40
The Guardian
What an extravagantly muddled, borderline incontinent film this is. You might call it genre-hopping, except that this would imply some degree of intent and control. - 40
The Telegraph
It tends to be flat, misjudged, and a bit of a nightmare, but it’s too frivolously knocked-off to give lasting annoyance.
