Dead & Beautiful
Shudder | Release Date (Streaming): November 4, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
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Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganNov 4, 2021
What could have been a cogent critique of the parasitic nature between the uber-wealthy and the labor they exploit is instead an overly muted (and eventually weakly meta) version of a tale that’s been told a thousand times before. Read full review
60
The GuardianCath ClarkeNov 4, 2021
Director David Verbeek’s script doesn’t quite wield the scalpel with enough sadistic glee. Instead, this film feels ever-so-slightly sluggish and dour in places. Read full review
50
VarietyRichard KuipersNov 4, 2021
A middling horror-thriller and social satire that opens with an intriguing premise but never probes its cashed-up characters deeply enough to create gripping drama from the heightened hedonism or existential crises they experience after acquiring new powers. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloNov 4, 2021
There are some fun ideas and moments in Dead & Beautiful, but Verbeek seems to want to avoid offending anyone with the suggestion that the rich are vampires—which is the premise his movie is built on. Read full review
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Austin ChronicleJenny NulfNov 4, 2021
There’s a hollowness to its beauty, as much as there is with its messaging. Read full review
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