To the Stars

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To say too much about this movie would reveal some late story twists/reveals, but it really does a great job of capturing a time period and pulling you into the friendship between to seemingly opposite teenage girls (one confident and one shy/awkward). Not always an easy story to watch, as it shows the dark underbelly of a time period that we love to look at with such nostalgia and romanticism.

It was a great screenplay. Not sure about ending. It didn't say or give indication what had happened to Maggie. I was also wondering if anyone knew what was the kind of car Maggie was driving?

I recently watched Moonrise Kingdom which starred Kara Hayward. Since I liked the movie, I searched for other films with the same actors. I found "To The Stars" starring Kara Hayward. She was about 7 years older than her role in Moonrise Kingdom. Most of this film focuses on Kara's character, Iris. A "cool" city girl Maggie befriends outcast Iris, and their close friendship develops. Later on, the story shifts focus to Maggie. Her father moved the family to the small town, because as he saw it, Maggie disgraced them somehow in the big city. I enjoyed watching Iris' transformation into a self assured young adult with Maggie's help. I felt extremely saddened once I realized that the point of the movie was to show how the small town people had extremely small minds. They couldn't handle anyone who was gay in their town. They immediately went to run poor Hazel out of town. The interesting thing is that Maggie didn't have a gay relationship with Iris. You would have thought from the build up that might happen. Iris totally understood her friend. Maggie had an attraction to the hair stylist "Hazel" who was also gay. Hazel was living a lie in the town pretending that her husband died in the war, when it was actually her brother who died. In the year 2020, it seems totally outrageous to me that someone could think that their child is damaged for being gay. It was tragic to see a father beat his beautiful daughter because she's "being bad" just by being herself. This was painful to watch, but it's part of our history. Unfortunately there are probably still plenty of people in 2020 who have similar feelings. I suppose the teens at the high school treated Iris in an awful way because they didn't understand her either. There were a bunch of self centered ignorant people in that town! I am sure the film was also saying that religious teachings were cruel. I am a religious person, and I will say from experience that not all religions or churches are the same. For me, people who love each other are not the problem. We have so much hate and violence in the world, I don't think it makes any sense at all to add even more hate. People who love are not the problem. EDITS AFTER READING OTHER REVIEWS: There were a number of other user reviews who thought Iris had a gay relationship with Maggie. I think they must have been watching a different movie than me!! Maggie in one emotional moment kissed Iris, but Iris didn't return the kiss, and Maggie became embarrassed for acting on her impulse. Iris tried to tell her she wasn't mad at her, but Maggie took off. Even though they swam * in the pond, neither one seemed interested in a sexual relationship. They were friends. When Iris decided to swim *, it was more of an act of freedom or rebellion. Iris was attracted to boys from the beginning of the film. I never felt anything sexual between the two friends Maggie and Iris. I just felt close friendship and trust.

Watched To The Stars a couple of weeks ago, when it first premiered on Prime, and was blown away. The details, the accuracy of the setting, the cast and their performances are very captivating. It takes me to the time when this all took place. Please do yourself a favor and stop reading these reviews and WATCH IT. Don't spoil yourself a great experience. You're welcome!

The story is engaging because the central plot is slowly unfolded. There are clues along the way, but when it finally comes it really touches you. I feel sad for the women in the spotlight, as their hopes and dreams are quashed because they are not mainstream.

Bullied girl meets the new girl, and become fast friends. Later, the audience finds out that the new girl is gay. That is about it. It feels like a 19 year old creative writing student wrote it. There are other better movies about friendship, acceptance, confidence, open-mindness, bullying, abuse and lgbt+. This movie is certainly not worth your time.

This movie makes some very odd choices but by far the oddest choice is the choice of the lead character and actress. It is baffling that Liana Liberato's character isn't the focal point of the movie. It is the far more interesting character with the far more interesting story and played by the far better actress. I don't wanna be mean to Kara Hayward but she is just miscast. The way she plays her role feels so unreal. Slouching your shoulders, lowering your head and looking shy is not enough tell us your pain and fear. Doing the old cliche of just wearing thick dark glasses won't help either. Her character is flat anyway and we mostly get her misery by watching good actors interact with her like her mother played by Jordana Spiro who is exceptionally good as well as Shea Whigham even though his part is tiny and Adelaide Clemens who is also great doing so much with so little. Long story short this movie could have been absolutely great with a focus on the right character. The first half is hard to watch and when it finally get's to Liberato's side of the story everything clicks until near the end when we get stuck with Hayward again. Missed opportunity.

I must agree wholeheartedly with the two reviews "The Unclear and Bad Written Ending Destroyed It!" and "Unexpected Coming-of-Age Story," as it has the worst ending since the 2001 film "Rat Race." What is it with writers these days? It's like they have a GREAT basis for a story, and then get writer's block right at the point when the Third Act is supposed to really have the audience on the edges of their seats, waiting for the Big Reveal. Sadly, there are no meaningful reveals, and lots of threads are left hanging and unanswered. And the final transformation of the girl in question seems rushed, unrealistic by any measure, and meaningless. Who do I sue to get back the two hours of my life I wasted on this film? Sure, the first 75% was great, but the ending utterly ruined it. It's like getting some serious attention from a genuinely interesting woman for an hour and twenty-five minutes, and then she steps behind you, picks up a Louisville Slugger, and beats your brains out with it. Kinda ruins the whole experience, you feel me? I think I will buy the DVD of this movie, if for no other reason than to watch the Bonus Content, which has Malin Akerman self-flagellating while screaming "I SHOULD HAVE NEVER LEFT BILLIONS...! I SHOULD HAVE NEVER LEFT BILLIONS...!" over and over again until she passes out.