Synopsis
Under small-town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer’s daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma.
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Cast
- Kara HaywardIris Deerborne
- Liana LiberatoMaggie Richmond
- Malin ÅkermanGrace Richmond
- Shea WhighamHank Deerborne
- Tony HaleGerald Richmond
- Lucas Jade ZumannJeff Owings
- Adelaide ClemensHazel Atkins
- Jordana SpiroFrancie Deerborne
- J.D. EvermoreLen McCoy
- Madisen Beaty
Recommendations
- 83
The Film Stage
To the Stars is quaint in its aims, but this compact focus brings an enveloping level of intimacy. - 80
Screen Daily
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. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
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. - 70
Los Angeles Times
It is a movie that will reward your patience. - 63
ReelViews
For roughly the first two-thirds of its 109-minute running length, To the Stars is an effecting and effective tale of female bonding. Unfortunately, the wheels come off toward the end as melodramatic contrivances result in an unlikely climax and unsatisfying denouement. - 50
The Playlist
The meaningful topics of female sexual expression, repression, and desire for acceptance that “To the Stars” portrays are relevant, but it’s a shame they’re not more poignant and persuasive. - 50
The New York Times
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. - 50
The A.V. Club
As writer Shannon Bradley-Colleary and director Martha Stephens embark on a love story so subtle, it isn’t really a love story at all. In some hands, that would be intriguing. Here, however, it’s just lukewarm.
