The Sea Beast

Netflix | Release Date: June 24, 2022

7.3	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 71 Ratings

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he110meJul 11, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The movie starts out incredibly strong, but takes a very sharp turn in story and quality at the half-way point. What was initially a unique and exciting tale of high-seas adventure quickly becomes discount How to Train Your Dragon, to the point where the monster has a carbon copy of Toothless's face. All of it culminating in in a contrived climax where the strong independent 11 year old girl lectures the world on "war-bad", and then everybody claps. It was neat for them to at least include a bit about rich elites bankrolling war for profit, but at this point the movie was a shadow of it's incredibly strong first act.… Expand

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Binks09Jul 17, 2022

Cheap version of How to Train Your Dragon, preachy and political at the end

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JLuis_001Jul 13, 2022

It may be far from making a statement in the field in which it operates, but what's refreshing about The Beast from the Sea is that its ambition is self-centered and doesn't pretend to be a film it's not.
It won't be the most consistent filmIt may be far from making a statement in the field in which it operates, but what's refreshing about The Beast from the Sea is that its ambition is self-centered and doesn't pretend to be a film it's not.
It won't be the most consistent film in the world, but what it gets right is meritorious. It's as if it knew very well what elements to take from other films; Moana and How to Train Your Dragon are the ones that come to mind the quickest, but it manages to give it its twist and identity, while relying on a narrative structure that is clearly aimed at a young audience, but it's one that doesn't treat them as stupid, and that's something the genre desperately needs in that regard. This was a pleasant surprise.… Expand

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liamexeOct 9, 2022

It is a sweet cartoon movie. I like the animation and action scenes, and the characters are likeable enough. Karl Urban has a fantastic voice, and Blue is quite adorable. I wouldn't, however, seek to see it again.

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