The Beast review: "An elegant but ultimately unwieldy sci-fi drama”
May. 24, 2024An elegant, elliptical film that’s equal parts impressive and infuriating.
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Seydoux is reliably luminous in a demanding role, but MacKay seems a little rudderless. There are some stunning moments, such as the eerily green-screened opener, and an unsettling underwater sequence up there with Dario Argento’s Inferno.
But the 145-minute runtime feels increasingly indulgent, and Bonello borrows heavily from Kubrick, Lynch andEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Ultimately, it’s hard not to agree with one character’s assessment of a piece of classical music: “It’s very inventive, but it’s hard to find emotion in it.”
The Beast is in UK cinemas on May 31 and is in US theaters now.
Matt Glasby is a freelance film and TV journalist. You can find his work on Total Film - in print and online - as well as at publications like the Radio Times, Channel 4, DVD REview, Flicks, GQ, Hotdog, Little White Lies, and SFX, among others. He is also the author of several novels, including The Book of Horror: The Anatomy of Fear in Film and Britpop Cinema: From Trainspotting To This Is England.
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