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.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScorePhuong LeGuardian
The film only succeeds at peddling barely tolerable coming-of-age cliches.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRobert 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.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRichard WhittakerAustin Chronicle
It's in the push to explain a moral that it stumbles over its own good intentions.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDavid 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.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreOdie 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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMonica CastilloRogerEbert.com
A conflicted work, but not without its merits, especially when it comes to Chen's performance.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNicolás 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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCarla HayCulture Mix
The lives of three young people collide in Beast Beast, a patchwork-like, dramatic observation of the devastating effects of gun violence.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreIan 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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAdesola ThomasPaste Magazine
The well-acted coming-of-age drama overcomes its clumsy gun commentary.
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