Beast Beast

critic Reviews

, 79% Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Featuring an exceptional performance from Shirley Chen, Beast Beast thoughtfully places its young protagonists on center stage in a conflicting coming of age story.
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    Phuong LeGuardian
    The film only succeeds at peddling barely tolerable coming-of-age cliches.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Robert AbeleLos Angeles Times
    For all the movie's soupiness, we're still left with a handful of memorable characters at a pivotal time in their emotional development, and for that, "Beast Beast" can boast a well-intentioned, caring integrity.
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    Richard WhittakerAustin Chronicle
    It's in the push to explain a moral that it stumbles over its own good intentions.
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    David EhrlichindieWire
    Chen is extraordinary in a third act that strips Krista down to the bone, and it's easy to imagine how this entire movie would've fallen apart with a lesser actress to steer it home.
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    Odie HendersonRogerEbert.com
    If you've lived long enough, or have seen enough movies, you can easily predict every single thing that takes place here, including its jarring tonal swing.
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    Monica CastilloRogerEbert.com
    A conflicted work, but not without its merits, especially when it comes to Chen's performance.
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    Nicolás DelgadilloDiscussing Film
    Requires a certain level of tact that Beast Beast is thankfully capable of, even when some facets of the ideas it introduces don't always end up feeling fully explored.
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    Carla HayCulture Mix
    The lives of three young people collide in Beast Beast, a patchwork-like, dramatic observation of the devastating effects of gun violence.
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    Ian SimmonsKicking the Seat
    A dramatization of how crumbling families, malleable values, and identities propped up by digital validation can create an increasingly trigger-happy society.
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    Adesola ThomasPaste Magazine
    The well-acted coming-of-age drama overcomes its clumsy gun commentary.
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