Synopsis
A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
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Cast
- Jessie BuckleyMoll Huntford
- Johnny FlynnPascal Renouf
- Trystan GravelleClifford
- Geraldine JamesHilary Huntington
- Oliver MaltmanHarrison
- Tim WoodwardFletcher
- Hattie GotobedJade
- Shannon TarbetPolly
- Morgan BestSpencer
- Charley Palmer RothwellLeigh Dutot
Recommendations
- 80
Empire
A strong debut from director Michael Pearce, with a gripping performance by newcomer Jessie Buckley. So much more than just another serial-killer movie. - 80
The Guardian
[Pearce] gives us a carefully crafted dramatic setup, an intriguingly curated selection of suspects for the crime and all of it building to a fascinating, finely balanced ambiguity in the movie’s climactic stages. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
British thriller Beast takes a fistful of tired old tropes — like a hunt for a serial killer, and the ‘ol Joe Eszterhas-style is-he-or-isn’t-he-a-baddie tease — and manages to fashion something fresh, fierce and quite striking from them. - 80
Screen Daily
Jessie Buckley is a force of nature in the lead role of this sinewy psychological thriller. - 80
Variety
Upgrading a sleeping-with-the-enemy premise familiar from countless B-thrillers with a faintly mythic aura and cool psychosexual shading, Beast also sustains a fresh, frank feminine perspective through Jessie Buckley’s remarkable lead performance. - 80
CineVue
Beast is rough around the edges but as a feature debut marks out its director as one of the most intriguing new talents in British filmmaking. - 70
The New Yorker
Beast is at its best when Buckley is at her most undaunted, showing us Moll at her most extreme — when she lies down by moonlight, for instance, in the shallow hole where a murder victim was found, beside a potato field. - 67
The A.V. Club
This psychodrama didn’t go exactly where I expected it would. It didn’t go anywhere particularly interesting either.
