
He felt the lack of Bowie's music "robs the film of the sense that Bowie's glowering talent was being criminally ignored". In the NME, Mark Beaumont gave the film four out of five, writing that it worked better as a "revelatory road-trip movie" rather than a biopic. The critics consensus on the website reads: " Ground control to Major Tom, Stardust did not put its helmet on." According to Rotten Tomatoes, 20% of 70 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 4.3/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 35 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". In August 2020, IFC Films acquired US distribution rights. Instead, the film premiered on October 16, 2020, at the San Diego International Film Festival. Stardust was scheduled to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2020, but the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, Stardust has Bowie performing covers the real Bowie performed in this period, such as " I Wish You Would" by The Yardbirds and " Amsterdam" by Jacques Brel. Marc Maron, Aaron Poole, Roanna Cocharne, Jorja Cadence, Jeremy Legat, James Cade, Annie Briggs, and Ryan Blakley later joined in 2019 in supporting roles.įilming commenced on July 4, 2019, taking place in Toronto, Canada, and also in the United States, and concluded later in September 2019.īowie's estate did not approve the film and did not grant rights to use Bowie's music. In August 2019, Johnny Flynn was revealed in a first image portraying Bowie. Marc Maron as Ron Oberman, Bowie’s publicist.
