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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Shockya.com (657) on 06 May 2018

A well developed thriller with horror undertones…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 06 May 2018

The narrative has a gambit that steers Beast into the terrain of a horror film, offsetting the sentimentality of the audience-flattering romance…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for New Yorker (1,403) on 03 May 2018

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,…

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By Chloe Lizotte (2) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 02 May 2018

So restrained that it often comes off as coldly technical, Beast is most engaging when it lets loose and embraces Moll's feverishness…

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By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 01 May 2018

An impressive feature debut from Michael Pearce, and this is another star-making turn from the in-demand Buckley, but the film's bleakness…

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By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 29 Apr 2018

There's a haunting starkness to [Michael] Pearce's direction and bleak poetry in his tricky, icky story, which starts out as a psychological…

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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 29 Apr 2018

Setting the film on Jersey, Pearce certainly creates a potent summery atmosphere, and Buckley's steely performance is faultless and sure to…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 29 Apr 2018

Odds on to be one of the top ten British films of the year…

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By Hilary A White (243) for Sunday Independent (Ireland) (504) on 29 Apr 2018

There is a slippery, sensory quality to things that makes for mesmeric viewing at times, as if the island is operating in a parallel universe…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 29 Apr 2018

This British romantic thriller has such a dark heart that it's not always easy to watch [...] but the actors are so good at creating complex…

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By Matt Wolf (69) for The Arts Desk (640) on 29 Apr 2018

Two fast-rising actors, Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn, lend genuine flair to a thriller that needs its mesmerising star turns to rise above…

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By Katherine V (15) on 29 Apr 2018

This is a brilliant film. Best film I?ve seen in the cinema for a long time. I enjoyed that I couldn…

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By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 28 Apr 2018

Pearce's increasingly intense psychological thriller deftly overturns expectations as it dances between timeless fable, modern romance and…

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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Projected Figures (169) on 27 Apr 2018

As Moll, after finding the one person who truly understands what makes her tick, finally flies the coop and makes her own nest, Beast is simultaneously…

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By Ryan Gilbey (367) for New Statesman (382) on 26 Apr 2018

Beast is a promising British thriller with fairy-tale overtones…

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By Roe Mcdermott (197) for Hot Press (197) on 26 Apr 2018

Nervy, wicked and intoxicating, Beast is a beaut…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 26 Apr 2018

A gripping and well-told story, and by any measure a hugely promising debut…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 26 Apr 2018

Strong performances from Buckley and Flynn keep you engrossed even as the film settles down to a methodical police investigation into guilt…

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By Harry Guerin (318) for RTÉ (Ireland) (721) on 26 Apr 2018

Beast is like the rollercoaster it shares its name with. Buckle up…

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By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 26 Apr 2018

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…

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