Neptune Frost
Seen it?2022 | 110 min | Drama, Science Fiction, Music, Fantasy
Sunday Safe Betearly ratingWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
Critics loved it (97% on Rotten Tomatoes), though it had almost no lasting buzz and soft box office. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- A natural pick for fans of end-of-the-world stories and people who'll be humming afterwards. It builds a whole broken world and makes you live in it. A good follow-up to THX 1138 or Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. The music is woven into the story, not just laid on top.
- The mood
- Mind-bending.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 50 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.
In the hilltops of Burundi, a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region's natural resources – and its people. When an intersex runaway and an escaped coltan miner find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
97% on Rotten Tomatoes, 83 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$203K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 22K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams
- Cheryl IshejaNeptune
- Bertrand NinteretseMatalusa
- Eliane UmuhireMemory
- Elvis NgaboNeptune (1)
- Rebecca MucyoElohel
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- Eric NgangarePotolo the Avatar
- Cecile KayiregawaHead Nun
- Natasha MuziramakengaBinya
- Ekaterina BakerSky News Emilia