Beba
Elevation Pictures | Release Date: June 24, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
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2
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
RogerEbert.comNiani ScottJun 20, 2022
Rebeca Huntt's Beba is the coming-of-age story that Black American children have been waiting for, a documentary that encompasses every step of reclamation of an American bloodline. Read full review
90
VarietyPeter DebrugeJun 15, 2022
An insightful, engaging and all-around affirmational auto-portrait from an Afro-Latina New Yorker with an ear for poetry and an eye for the ineffable, Beba never questions its own right to exist. Read full review
85
TheWrapRonda Racha PenriceJun 24, 2022
It’s never easy for anyone to offer themselves for public inspection, even when personal expression is the key. So what unfolds in Beba is wrought with contradictions, as well as portraits that Huntt probably did not intend to paint. Read full review
83
The Film StageJared MobarakJun 24, 2022
It’s a self-propelled therapy session laid bare to the world. And it’s 100 percent raw and real, whether natural or not. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubMark KeizerJun 23, 2022
It can be overwhelming at times, and it’s true that Huntt’s deeply rooted powers of introspection can sometimes curdle into self-absorption. But her lacerating honesty and restless, searching spirit make Beba a virtuoso bomb-drop of a documentary. Read full review
83
IndieWireRobert DanielsSep 17, 2021
Without hesitation, she talks about her own shortcomings too. She does so with an assured hand, an open heart, and a heady way of seeing the world. But other parts of her are obscured, and those questions might leave one wanting. Read full review
80
The New York TimesConcepción de LeónJun 27, 2022
Beba is profound. The filmmaker delves into all of who she is, including darker or more destructive aspects of her identity, pushing viewers to see Huntt’s complexity — and perhaps their own. Read full review
80
The New YorkerRichard BrodyJun 22, 2022
Beba is an intimate film with a grand scope; Huntt recognizes herself and her family as characters in a mighty drama. She conceives the complex course of intertwined personal experiences and public events as a kind of destiny. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 24, 2022
An alternately searing and scalding piece of family history that doesn’t spare the beautiful narcissist doing the examining. Read full review
70
Screen DailyTim GriersonSep 17, 2021
The free-flowing style, aided by dreamlike editing from Isabel Freeman, is both playful and sombre, offering a captivating snapshot of a young artist trying to make sense of her complicated self. Read full review
63
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenDec 15, 2022
Huntt is a talent to watch. Her psychic wounds now bared, it will be fascinating to see how she explores them, as well as things outside herself, in different cinematic formats. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 17, 2021
The tone of the film is sometimes a little opaque. There is some slightly cliched 16mm footage of subway scenes and indulgent home-movie material and Huntt’s own voiceover has something of the student graduation piece about it. But there is a rich, dense texture to this very questioning, personal film. Read full review
42
The PlaylistCharles BramescoSep 17, 2021
Never lacking in earnestness or vigor, she nonetheless teeters over the lines separating introspection from navel-gazing and the raw from the simply underdone. Read full review
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