Beast - Reviews

...offers a welcome reminder that simple pleasures can still occupy an essential place at the movies.

...a fun, silly, well-made film about a man punching a big cat.

An elegant but ultimately unwieldy sci-fi drama.

We are on the ground, in the middle of the action – a sweatily uncomfortable place to be, even before the supporting cast gets mauled.

Idris Elba fighting a crazed lion – what’s not to like?

The key to enjoying “Beast” is accepting its inelegant, inconsistent, and often insane terms and conditions.

...a film that will move viewers of all ages.

...works well as escapist popcorn entertainment.

...those seeking the simple pleasure of watching Idris Elba fight a lion won’t walk away disappointed.

So many of The Beast’s visions are impossible to shake, from a submerged basement flecked with floating dead rats to a futuristic nightclub that reinvents itself every night in homage to a different year.

An ambitious, compelling monster of a movie.

A mind-boggling, sprawling romantic epic.

...a light and endearing high school movie that can't escape the looming shadow of gun violence.
Chekhov’s Gun has never felt more ominous than as part of an arsenal on the wall of a lonely teenager’s bedroom...

...not only one of the best movies of 2024, but also one of the most thrillingly unexpected.