The Beast

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Kelvin G This was very well acted and shot well, but the story was just meh. There was entirely too much dialogue. The end was somewhat abrupt too. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/24/24 Full Review Will A very strange movie that uses a sci-fi framework to examine difficulties people face in forming connections and sustaining relationships very ambitious and not totally successful, it benefits from a strong lead in Lea Seydoux and sharp direction. Still, it bites off more than it can chew thematically. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/21/24 Full Review Remy Strange movie but made me think and was entertaining Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/23/24 Full Review Dotan First half was very boring and then the rest mad 0 sense Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/12/24 Full Review Alec B It always seems to be circling deeper ideas about how technology changes human relationships but never quite takes the plunge. That said the movie also never settles on banal platitudes or cheap emotional manipulation. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/05/24 Full Review Cristina B Good costume, scenography ruined by the horrible accents, scriptwriting and ridiculous sci-fi plot. I think it could have been like a Lynch-era psychedelic film or even a french answer to Under the Skin, as it placed emphasis on visuals and left much to the imaginiation, but the actors repeatedly failed to convince me as they hammered away at the theme of forced emotionlessness. The visuals alternating between overdone and depressing. In this film, without any real explanation, and gloomy, at times sappy, we see no emotional or character development whatsoever (until the last minute). Lack of chemistry between the unconvincingly keen MacKay and the mopy, weathered Seydoux was exacerbated by the stilted and poorly translated-from-French and overly sentimental dialogue. He looks empty, fragile, characterless and emotionally stunted next to Seydoux’s disgruntled siren. Cringed each time they switched from French into English, but was reasonably impressed with MacKay's American accent. The script seemed good enough in the French parts of the film, but that isn't my native langauge, so I can only truly critique the English dialogue, and this was written with what seemed like an elementary knowlege of English. The scenes that take place in the US are an opportunity to see what it’s like when someone who doesn’t speak English tries to write a script using only vocabulary from high school puff movies and rap videos. I give the director credit for an innovative, and truly French, approach to sci-fi, but I can't believe this unwatchable thing has such a high rating. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/20/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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