Set Fire to the Stars

Set Fire to the Stars

Never Meet Your Heroes

Directed by Andy Goddard

Produced by Mad as Birds, Masnomis

201497 min5.6 / 10

A melancholic character study of artistic disillusionment set in 1950s New York, where an idealistic poet confronts the gap between his hero's myth and his destructive reality.

An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.

Questions people ask

  • Is Set Fire to the Stars sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Set Fire to the Stars scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Set Fire to the Stars violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does Set Fire to the Stars end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Set Fire to the Stars easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

18/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity58

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love10

How much audiences actually like it

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Set Fire to the Stars, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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