Going alongside its interpretive story are strong visuals, a vivacious soundtrack, and some stellar performances, particularly from Cassidy and Portman.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2024

When the film isn’t too hung up on its overzealous strategy of connecting violent tragedies and pop music, there are some beautiful moments in the film, though overshadowed by abrupt disruptions.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 11, 2024

What makes Vox Lux so unique and perhaps even provocative is that it is up to us to establish when, how and in what way exactly her insecurities took over. The most important moments of [...] the whole film - are the ones we don't get to see on the screen

| Nov 4, 2023

However superbly shot, acted, and well-intentioned its message, Vox Lux remains somewhat puzzling, if admirable for its commitment to unconventionality.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 4, 2022

Episode 23: Vox Lux / The Guilty / Shoplifters / The Mule / Rififi

| Original Score: 18/100 | Sep 3, 2021

Despite the film's conversations on violence, art, and the commodification of stars, Corbet does not turn Vox Lux into a sermon on the dangers of fame. It simply observes.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 16, 2021

Natalie Portman stars as a jaded former child star in writer-director Brady Corbet's compelling meditation on the corrosive power of modern pop fame...

| May 11, 2021

Vox Lux is, just like Celeste and the modern news cycle, kind of depressing, but in a way that's exciting.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 29, 2021

Vox Lux is a lot of movie.

| Feb 9, 2021

Ultimately, while interesting, as a look at celebrity culture the last half of Vox Lux is as auto-tuned as the songs the Celeste sings at the end of the film.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 3, 2021

Despite some unneeded narration by Willem Dafoe that gives the film some slight pretension, Vox Lux still manages to be an ambitious masterpiece.

| Oct 2, 2020

It should be great, and indeed from promotional art and trailers it looks great, but the final production is a crushing disappointment.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 9, 2020

Corbet abandons the nuanced development of Celeste for a Lady Gaga-Katy Perry mashup, by way of Jersey Shore.

| Jul 30, 2020

Trauma is the new ennui. That may sound cynical, but Vox Lux is too amoral to be cynical. It's cold and cruel -- maybe even bitter -- but not cynical.

| Jul 26, 2020

Not even Portman's solid performance as the pop diva can sustain the unbalanced narrative. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 23, 2020

It's all a bit of a mess, but that's part of the point: tragedy and entertainment are intertwined, and the media ruthlessly exploits suffering for eye-grabbing headlines.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 18, 2020

And as a character study, the film should've let Portman improvise and riff on a predetermined set of topics for each scene.

| Jul 1, 2020

Natalie Portman sings Sia's songs in this boldly stylised and intellectually ambitious film about pop music.

| Jun 26, 2020

Fascinating and daring, isolating small bursts of consolation in a deeply upsetting time while asking how enduring joy can exist for kids brought up on relentless heartache.

| Original Score: A | Jun 19, 2020

Vox Lux is an exquisite pop-infused masterpiece that solidifies Portman's status as one of the most daring actors currently working.

| May 29, 2020