Beast
United International Pictures (UIP) | Release Date: August 19, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 46 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
25
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenAug 18, 2022
Elba, always a powerful presence in whatever role he takes on, does the best he can in Beast, but the threadbare nature of the plotting and dialogue ultimately defeats him. Read full review
33
UproxxVince ManciniSep 3, 2022
Beast feels slapdash and detached to the point of being disdainful. It offers the barest idea of a movie about Idris Elba fighting a lion and nothing more. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithAug 19, 2022
Mr. Kormákur somehow elicits a shoddy performance from the sturdy English actor Idris Elba, whom I’d never seen flail like this. Read full review
20
The New York TimesManohla DargisAug 18, 2022
It has a few scattered laughs, some apparently intentional. But this is thin, unimaginative hack work, and it lacks the deranged seriousness and commitment that distinguishes a pleasurable misfire from bland dreck like this. It is, I am sorry to say, no “Gods of Egypt.” Read full review
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