Beeswax
Cinema Guild | Release Date: August 7, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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90
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Beeswax, at first glance a modest, ragged slice of contemporary life, turns out to be a remarkably subtle, even elegant movie. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Bujalski’s funny, diverting character piece has a lived-in quality that’s no small achievement. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
As Mark Twain didn't say, reports of the death of mumblecore are greatly exaggerated. As proof, I offer Andrew Bujalski's wise and wondrous Beeswax. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter Addiego
Bujalski has a serious talent for finding resonance in the mundane. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
It all feels studiously artless - some people huffily insist that Bujalski’s movies aren’t movies at all - but the more you contemplate his landscapes, the more his control over their various elements is revealed. He’s the real deal: a maturing artist obsessed with how and why - and if - his generation will mature. Read full review
70
Film ThreatStina Chyn
Oddly engaging and has me wishing I could spend a week observing Jeannie, Lauren, and Merrill...you know, without a camera as a mediator. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Beeswax exemplifies post-mumble maturity. The movie is not only semi-documentary, but also casually thoughtful (or at least self-reflexive)--working with friends is what Bujalski does in creating his own particular Storyville. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
This warm, graceful and fundamentally optimistic movie snuck up on me, in the best possible way. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Beeswax has a rhythmic quality, and it eschews conventional plotting for sharp observation of human strengths and foibles. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
There are fine, fresh observational moments, but the film is much ado about not so much. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
While it initially feels like a known quantity (although mentioning the "M"-word – mumblecore – is both pointless and distracting), Beeswax proves to be much more than simply another extreme close-up of late-twentysomething naifs trying to gather enough energy to flail about, emotionally or otherwise. Read full review
60
Total FilmSimon Kinnear
It takes real talent to make something so studied feel this soufflé-light, especially in the Hatchers’ charming naturalism. Trouble is, Bujalski is too successful – in the end, everything is left hanging. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Fans of Andrew Bujalski's previous mumblecore movies are the likeliest audience for his latest, a modest, slice-of-life indie that doesn't quite live up to his ­earlier efforts. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterNeil Young
This is another rough-edged, noodling affair in which genial but frustratingly self-absorbed twenty- and thirty-somethings chatter on and on about their lives, loves and finances. Read full review
50
VarietyAlissa Simon
Beeswax, the third feature from American indie auteur Andrew Bujalski ("Funny Ha Ha," "Mutual Appreciation"), offers yet another low-key take on twentysomethings finding their way. Read full review
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