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By Jason Gorber (520) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 21 Sep 2015

It's this collision between a deeply philosophical work and a visceral, kinetic powerhouse of a film that sets Beasts of No Nation apart, a…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 21 Sep 2015

It really is mandatory viewing, in that it's a true cinematic work of art and an important chronicle of a very real, very tragic reality…

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By Josh Cabrita (87) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 21 Sep 2015

With the right balance between gritty gore and tasteful restraint, Fukunaga has honestly dramatized this familiar story without easy contrivances…

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By Sam Woolf (118) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 15 Sep 2015

Beasts of No Nation is a harshly beautiful contradiction, an unsparingly bleak portrait of war that does better than most at humanizing the…

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By Katey Rich (412) for Vanity Fair (761) on 13 Sep 2015

Idris Elba's ferocious performance alone should be enough to keep Beasts afloat…

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By Gregory Ellwood (229) for HitFix (861) on 08 Sep 2015

Fukunaga not only directed the film but also co-wrote the screenplay and served as director of photography…

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By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out (7,510) on 08 Sep 2015

A humane and uncompromising portrait of one boy's experience as a child soldier in an unnamed African country…

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By Stephen Applebaum (9) for Scotsman (1,471) on 06 Sep 2015

Beasts of No Nation is gripping and persuasive, but isn't for the faint hearted…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 04 Sep 2015

Matching Fukunaga's proven storytelling grace with a story truly worth the telling, the result is explosively authentic and yet lyrical, making…

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By Jo-Anne Titmarsh (79) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 03 Sep 2015

Stark, engrossing account of the futility of war, Netflix's first foray into the world of features is a fine one…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 03 Sep 2015

Beasts of No Nation is the kind of sincere, powerful filmmaking that gives socially conscious drama a good name…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 02 Sep 2015

The film can get so emotionally and spiritually punishing that it needs Elba’s industrial magnetism to keep you on side…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 02 Sep 2015

The British star Idris Elba finally gets a film role to match his breakthrough television performance in The Wire, a role that showcases his…

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By John Bleasdale (289) for CineVue (2,163) on 02 Sep 2015

Fukunaga and his actors - especially the two leads - have managed to create a riveting drama which is suitably appalling…

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By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 01 Sep 2015

Full of committed performances, particularly from Elba and the impressive young actor Abraham Attah, Beasts Of No Nation is a project of considerable…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 01 Sep 2015

The necessity of circumstances dictates everything anyone does here and you can only react with varying degrees of outrage, anger, disgust,…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 01 Sep 2015

Fukunaga brings flair, muscular storytelling, directness and a persuasively epic sweep to this brutal, heartrending movie…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Variety (12,700) on 01 Sep 2015

While Fukunaga creates Agu’s world with an extraordinary attentiveness to detail, he hasn’t quite found a way to approximate the novel’s…

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