Sexy Beast Reviews and Ratings


  • Phonex
    November 24, 2009
    Phonex
    ?FAN DABI ? DOBI ? TASTIC!? mutters Gary (Ray Winston), baking in the Spanish mid-day sun - a British ex ?con, who has served his time and now resigned to peaceful retirement in the Costa Del Crime, with ex porn star wife Amanda Redman.


    However one realises this domestic id...( read more)yll is not going to continue when a giant boulder comes plummeting down the hillside (Raiders of the Lost Ark style) into Gary?s pool. The Utopia smashed, worse things are to come for Gary, with a phone call from old gang leader Don Logan, played by Ben Kingsley. Any serenity Kingsley used for his Ghandhi role has been used up, and he plays an unhinged psychotic on a par with Dennis Hopper?s Frank Booth ? bringing danger, chaos and unease where he goes.


    Glazer makes a nod to Takeshi Kitano?s style of balancing this forboding with surreal and almost slapstick comedic moments

    ?What?s that??

    ?A goat!?


    Worth watching alone, to see TVs Lovejoy (Ian McShane playing Teddy) being rooted by James Fox in an orgy scene. The action then switches to England for one last job where the net and tension around Gary?s Sexy Beast gets ever tighter, bringing a sense of tension universally lacking in the rest of the British Modern Gangster genre. As Glazer?s first feature, things look very promising for this excellent British director.

    by EUFS.
  • odonoghuematthew
    November 13, 2009
    odonoghuematthew
    Best Actor in a supporting role 2000
  • mirowais
    October 22, 2009
    mirowais
    one of cinema's greatest charecters "don logan" wish he was supported by a better storyline though
  • debmm
    October 21, 2009
    debmm
    "Fan-dabby-dozy-tastic"

    An extremely entertaining and strange film that I will probably watch over and over. LOL "Don" (Ben Kingsley) tries to coerce "Gal" (Ray Winstone) out of gangster retirement for one last job.

    Ben's performance is stunning and Ray holds hi...( read more)s own. Loved Ray's opening scenes by the pool in the yellow speedos!

    "Bloody hell. I'm sweating in here. Roasting. Boiling. Baking. Sweltering. It's like a sauna. Furnace. You can fry an egg on my stomach."
  • mvieaddict
    October 16, 2009
    mvieaddict
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    Sexy Beast was a normal gangster movie, although there was not much shooting involved. It was a very slow paced movie. Too damn slow...( read more).
    The story was about a retired British gangster named Gal, who decided to live a normal life with his wife in Spain and had no intention coming back . His former boss played by Ben Kingsley wants him to do another job that will lead to dramatic endings. The director had put too many importance in the emotions and relationships, which made the movie so boring. I expected more shootings and actions.The movie was only 90 minutes,.but I felt like I had spent 2 hours watching.
  • ninersrob
    October 8, 2009
    ninersrob
    If you like strange movies, this one is just awsome. Ben Kingsley is an evil bastard when he wants to be. Some Americans may have a hard time with the accents but this is by far one of the best British films.
  • deynababy
    September 29, 2009
    deynababy
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  • dhothardip
    September 29, 2009
    dhothardip
    hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
  • SirPant
    September 22, 2009
    SirPant
    Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes. 'You made me look a right cunt'!
    Best British film in years! Brilliant!
  • allan913
    September 12, 2009
    allan913
    A gripping, wild and explosive crime thriller. It's terifficlyy funny and wildly entertaining. It's powerful and stunning with plenty of style to burn. Ben Kingsley is electrifying, one of his best performances of his career. Definately one of the most memorable gangster characte...( read more)rs since Scarface. Kingsley is live, snaping, sparking live wire. Ray Winestone is terrific. Ian McShane is marvelous. A classic. Bone-chilling and thrilling. A brilliant film. This is a movie that you cant turn away from. A masterpiece. It's dark, funny, wicked and refreshingly entertaining.
  • jscottcorley
    September 6, 2009
    jscottcorley
    Never thought Ben Kingsley would scare the pee-pee out of me. Ghandi can be a scary dude.
  • red73man
    August 24, 2009
    red73man
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  • filmfanatic2009999
    August 22, 2009
    filmfanatic2009999
    Stylish crime drama that is colourful, athentic and a Oscar worthy performance from Ben Kingsley.
  • Dracula787
    August 10, 2009
    Dracula787
    Why can?t anyone rip Tarentino off correctly? No one ever correctly steals his energy, his penchant for creative references, his structural fearlessness, or even his dialogue (at least not beyond his liberal use of the work ?fuck?). No. All anyone ever tries to steal is his st...( read more)ylized and unrealistic version of organized crime. And while this isn?t as laughable as the work of Guy Richie, it?s still a rather obnoxious movie in which a bunch of Cockneys yell at each other for extended periods in the service of a pointless movie that sometimes goes out of its way to tell its story inefficiently. Yes, Ben Kingsley does give a pretty good performance here, but his work is wasted on a silly character in a silly movie.
  • samanthaseaotter
    August 6, 2009
    samanthaseaotter
    Fun gangster flick. Gaz thinks he has retired until his former boss comes in to strong-arm him out of retirement (Ben Kingsley as a particularly nasty piece, he really steals the movie). Fun. WATCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CREDITS OR YOU'LL MISS THE BIT AT THE END!
  • addienairzan
    August 4, 2009
    addienairzan
    Ben Kingsley steal the show.
  • maclud
    July 21, 2009
    maclud
    ok, I admit, the movie is a bit boring but i ll remember the first sequence forever.. In fact i dont remember much more of it.. anyway, the first sequence was wonderful..
  • Sebdinovitch
    July 17, 2009
    Sebdinovitch
    I must see this film again, I haven't watched the beginning...
  • RiderOfTheStorms
    June 30, 2009
    RiderOfTheStorms
    this is one fucked up funny movie with a great performance from BK
  • savinionut83
    June 19, 2009
    savinionut83
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  • anas20031023
    June 18, 2009
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  • SaxophoneScone
    June 14, 2009
    SaxophoneScone
    jonathan glazer is cool !
  • hafizkhan1
    June 4, 2009
    hafizkhan1
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  • boobie2shoes06
    April 27, 2009
    boobie2shoes06
    I luv' this movie... definately right up there in my top 10!!!
  • petersonspike
    April 20, 2009
    petersonspike
    ha. FAIL!! I am THE sexy beast!!
  • 76Majikat
    April 17, 2009
    76Majikat
    A superb performance by Ben Kingsley who had the accent and style of talk down to an absolute ?T?. The film itself and storyline seemed to lack something I can?t quite put my finger on. Less convincing to British viewers was the idea of Ian McShane, aka Lovejoy as the top guy. ...( read more)



    Ben Kingsley?s performance is definitely the biggest contribution to the amount of stars but just have to mention how great Amanda Redman looked in this, especially as a Brunette.
  • MrBlonde1992
    April 5, 2009
    MrBlonde1992
    A great crime drama highlighted by Ben Kingsley's darkly amusing scene-stealer of a performance. Winstone and mcShane are great also.
  • RobynMaher715
    April 4, 2009
    RobynMaher715
    Sexy beast, and Kingsley is the main point on the poster....my decision is made aha
  • ifeels1ck
    March 23, 2009
    ifeels1ck
    Clever reinvention of the mobster movie with one of Kingsley's most memorable performances.
  • ngilliam
    March 8, 2009
    ngilliam
    nice little dark crime comedy.
  • berigan
    March 7, 2009
    berigan
    Sometimes hard to watch, that's a good thing in this case. Winstone, Kengsley and McShane -- wow!
  • aleksei96
    February 15, 2009
    aleksei96
    Curious heist movie, centered on the characters and not the heist itself. Verbose and over-the-top, but Kingsley's performance and the interesting angle of the flick makes this an interesting movie.
  • stopitgoaway
    February 1, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    Sexy Beast is a funny and highly enjoyable crime movie punctuated by some blood curdling violence. The film was directed by Jonathen Glazer, who was responsible for most of the recent amazing Guinness beer adverts.

    Ray Winstone is Gal, a retired criminal enjoying retirement in...( read more) Spain with friends and the woman he loves. But this is shattered by the arrival of a menacing figure from his past in the shape of pyschotic Don Logan (played with evil intensity by Ben Kingsley). Don wants Gal for one last spectacular job and will do just about anything to get him, including threatening Gal's beloved wife.

    The story is told at a fast pace, with several surreal interludes but never loses momentum. Ray Winstone puts in another loveable badboy performance that he does so well, but the film is dominated by Kingsley who steals every scene he is in and creates one of the most menacing screen villains in recent memory. The brilliance of the film is that it manages to combine so many disparate elements (thriller, comedy, and a touching love story to say the least) into a cohesive and highly entertaining whole. A real pleasure to watch and a striking, brilliant debut.
  • hawkledge
    February 1, 2009
    hawkledge
    Powerful psychological thriller straight out of Greek myth. Ben Kingsley is mesmerizing as the fury descending on hapless mortals, rigid, twitchy, and coiled.
  • Ivan6655321
    January 25, 2009
    Ivan6655321
    Probably the weirdest gangster film that I have seen in a while, well, If the western genre got "El Topo", the crime genre certainly have "Sexy Beast". Ben Kingsley is a revelation on this film, playing a very dark character despite of its caricature-like personality. The ambiguo...( read more)us scenes involving the "hairy beast" is very weird, one would wonder why these sequences exist on such a straightforward film, but it did, and proud of it. The violence in this film is very brief, but very grim, kind of like the bloody scene in "Donnie Brasco", a very short one, but one that you will never forget. "Sexy Beast" is not a realistic gangster picture, not because of its surrealistic moments, but because of the operatic performances by the actors, which sometimes make the film unintentionally funny. The ending was very ambiguous, like a metaphor of the protagonist's inner demons, and how he was afraid of Don Logan(Ben Kingsley). All in all, "Sexy Beast" defied crime film conventions, but gone a little bit over the top and never came back down, but despite of this flaw, this film is a very unique crossover of a heist film, gangster film, and comedy film, and if you mix the three, you have "Sexy Beast", a confusing, but entertaining ride into a darkly humorous, complicated world of a desperate villain.
  • mehrangirlier2006
    January 1, 2009
    mehrangirlier2006
    hi first i want see ths film after talking about this
  • bradwest
    December 27, 2008
    bradwest
    Interesting crime piece. Not so interesting for the plot, but the casting and general age probably were not 'demographic friendly'. Good for them! Role that redefines what you might think of Ben Kingsly.
  • madmac17
    December 20, 2008
    madmac17
    I've seen this at least six times, and I can say without any hesitation whatsoever that it's at or very near the top of my list of 'coolest movies ever made'. To begin with, one of the main characters is a guy named Gal, which gives you an indication that anything is about to go....( read more) And it does. Ray Winstone plays Gary 'Gal' Dove, a retired British gangster now living the good life in sunny Spain, and the opening scene where he's poolside baking in the sun as The Stranglers' song Peaches blasts from the soundtrack gives a good indication of the fun that's in store. His voice-over, in full Cockney accent, will bring a dumb smile to your face that will remain plastered there for the rest of the movie, if you're anything like me. Shortly thereafter, Gal comes heart-stoppingly close to being obliterated by a falling boulder the size of a small planet, which lands splashingly at the bottom of the pool. A foreshadowing of things to come? I won't spill the beans here. You'll just have to see for yourself. Not long after that life-threatening event, the sweet life of Gal and his wife Deedee (Amanda Redman) is interrupted by a visit from Gal's old associate Don Logan (Ben Kingsley, in mad dog mode (should've gotten the Oscar, but the Academy blew it by giving it to Jim Broadbent for Iris)). Kingsley should've sent Don Logan to piss on their bathroom carpets. But, never mind. Logan is on a mission from head gangster Teddy Bass (a never more terrifying Ian McShane) to recruit Gal for a bank job back in England, and he's not the kind of guy who takes no for an answer. But that's exactly the answer Gal tries to give him, leading to some hilarious interplay between the two men, with Gal in serious fear for his life, but refusing to give an inch, and Logan using every threat he has at his disposal, spoken and unspoken, to try to convince him otherwise. [Example - Gal: I'm going to have to turn this opportunity down.
    Don: No, you're going to have to turn this opportunity YES!] You can probably guess that Gal does end up doing the job, but in the meantime Don Logan has mysteriously disappeared, much to the consternation of Teddy Bass, who suspects Gal of some unnamed foul play. The scenes between Winstone and McShane are nail-bitingly tense, as Bass tries to use the sheer force of his personality to break down Gal's defences, while Gal tries to project innocence and calm, while sweating bullets and trying to keep from cracking under the pressure. McShane has one of the best lines in the movie in a conversation with Harry (James Fox), the inside man on the bank job. [Teddy: What are you staring at? Harry: The back of your head. Teddy: Well, don't. Stare at the back of your own fucking head.] McShane's dry delivery kills me every single time. And another classic, when Bass is asked by his right-hand man if he thinks the bank job is 'do-able', he replies, "Where there's a will - and there is a fucking will - there's a way - and there is a fucking way." Kudos to first-time screenwriters Louis Mellis and David Scinto, who never set a foot wrong. Just check out Don Logan's extended monologue in the scene where he's being thrown off the plane for refusing to put out his cigarette, during which he accuses one of the stewards of inappropriately touching his 'front bottom'. Absolutely brilliant, and brilliantly delivered by Kingsley, with a feigned innocence that has to be seen to be believed. We know what Logan is like, and to see him play the sexual victim of an airline steward that he could no doubt eat for lunch on a bad day is just too delicious to be described. I almost neglected to mention the demonic machine-gun toting rabbit-like creature that keeps appearing in Gal's dreams. I know what you're thinking, that it's shades of Donnie Darko, but Beast was released in 2000 and Darko in 2001, so no more needs to be said about that. I think the movie could've done without that particular invention, but it does add a certain amount of fun to the proceedings, and when the writing is this good, we can forgive an indulgence or two. Last but not least, a huge amount of credit has to go to director Jonathan Glazer, who achieved brilliance here, in his feature film debut, and followed it up with the intriguing Birth in 2004. He may never come close to topping Sexy Beast, but I for one will be watching closely to see if he has the balls to try.
  • strach09061
    December 16, 2008
    strach09061
    gangsters of a very different kind...the darker side of human nature..Scary people,1 last job.."DONT TAKE NO 4 AN ANSWER" ben k. superb as DON..all the others great 2...(MANY THANX 2 A FREIND :O) x )... p.s had 2 watch again...X
  • Ghw12158
    October 26, 2008
    Ghw12158
    great story amazing performance by Kingsley he chews up the scenery
  • threefolddado
    October 5, 2008
    threefolddado
    Kingsley gives a jaw dropping performance as a psychopathic boss, but there's also a good story here.
  • Marwood
    September 12, 2008
    Marwood
    A fantastic British caper movie with an outstanding cast. Ray Winstone is superb as usual,and Ian McShane very good.
    Ben Kingsley is amazing in this movie,he oozes menace from every poor,he looks like he's about to snap any moment. I loved it,i thought it was funny and shocking ...( read more)at the same time and very very cool.
  • Kavu
    September 7, 2008
    Kavu
    For almost an hour it's original and promising but then it's revealed for what it really is, which is a badly directed below average movie.
  • gravityisaharshmistr
    September 1, 2008
    gravityisaharshmistr
    I saw it because of the academy nomination. A cruel and disinterested tale lead by a guy proving he is no long Ghandi. So much for an eye for an eye making the world blind...
  • katyj76
    July 20, 2008
    katyj76
    ben kingsley is truly horrid.
  • ghettoqueen747
    July 16, 2008
    ghettoqueen747
    hilarious. Ben Kingsley makes a good gangster.

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