Review of Beastly (2011) by Sijie C — 22 Nov 2011

Ridiculous... Why did the actors agree to this jank movie?

This review of Beastly (2011) was written by Sijie C on 22 Nov 2011.

Beastly has generally received mixed reviews.

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This one and a half hour movie probably took me twice as long to get through simply because of the many times I had to pause and take deep…

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