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Movie ID: 1207
RT slug: beast_2022
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beast_2022
Release year: 2022
Runtime: 93 mins
Wide release date: 2022-08-19
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2022-10-07
Tomatometer final: 69%
Audience score final: 62%
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Directors: Baltasar Kormákur
Writers: Ryan Engle
Producers: Baltasar Kormákur, James Lopez, Will Packer
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-08-21 22:19:50
Updated: 2026-08-21 22:19:50
Idris Elba (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, The Suicide Squad) stars in a pulse-pounding new thriller about a father and his two teenage daughters who find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the savannah has but one apex predator. Elba plays Dr. Nate Daniels, a recently widowed husband who returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife, on a long-planned trip with their daughters to a game reserve managed by Martin Battles (Sharlto Copley, Russian Doll series, Maleficent), an old family friend and wildlife biologist. But what begins as a journey of healing jolts into a fearsome fight for survival when a lion, a survivor of blood-thirsty poachers who now sees all humans as the enemy, begins stalking them.
Want to watch Idris Elba fight a lion? The admirably lean yet ultimately disposable Beast is just the movie you're looking for.
Canonical reviews: 214
Canonical fresh: 147
Canonical rotten: 67
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 69%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-08-21 18:49:15
Snapshot Tomatometer: 69%
Snapshot review count: 214
Snapshot fresh count: 147
Snapshot rotten count: 67
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| 1 | Idris Elba | Dr. Nate Daniels |
| 2 | Sharlto Copley | Martin Battles |
| 3 | Iyana Halley | Meredith Daniels |
| 4 | Leah Jeffries | Norah Daniels |
| 5 | Liyabuya Gongo | — |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 248935 | Gavin Spoors | FILMHOUNDS Magazine | Rotten | 2/5 | 2025-08-04T18:59:39.000Z | 2025-08-04 18:59:39 | It's an admirable attempt but audiences who simply want to see Elba duking it out with a lion will be sorely disappointed. |
| 248936 | Geoffrey Macnab | iNews.co.uk | Rotten | 3/5 | 2025-01-16T23:52:10.000Z | 2025-01-16 23:52:10 | Ultimately, its roar is muted. |
| 248937 | Joshua Polanski | Boston Hassle | Fresh | — | 2024-07-16T12:34:35.000Z | 2024-07-16 12:34:35 | In light and dark, dry and wet, peaceful and pouncing, the critters— entirely CG from my understanding—might be the most realistically rendered animals since 2019’s Lion King. |
| 248938 | Shakyl Lambert | CGMagazine | Fresh | 7/10 | 2024-07-12T20:43:19.000Z | 2024-07-12 20:43:19 | Beast is an effective B-movie thriller that overcomes its mediocre writing with well-shot sequences and a solid lead performance by Idris Elba. |
| 248939 | Sarah Vincent | Cambridge Day | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2024-06-09T14:08:31.000Z | 2024-06-09 14:08:31 | The cast is better than the film deserves and has terrific chemistry – deft at making themselves than likable enough to hope they survive, stupid enough to punch a CGI lion (yeah, not smart). |
| 248940 | Dave Giannini | InSession Film | Fresh | B- | 2024-02-28T01:38:55.000Z | 2024-02-28 01:38:55 | Not every movie is going to change your life. Some of them just have movie stars fighting a creature they could not possibly fight in real life. But, in many of these cases, the movie is just fun. |
| 248941 | Mini Anthikad-Chhibber | The Hindu | Fresh | — | 2023-10-04T23:06:26.000Z | 2023-10-04 23:06:26 | Though peopled with characters behaving irrationally, this Baltasar Kormákur directorial is enjoyable in an economic, bare-bones way. |
| 248942 | Emma-Jane Betts | The Digital Fix | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-08-18T10:50:43.000Z | 2023-08-18 10:50:43 | Beast is filled with appreciation for South Africa and plenty of fun action scenes, but its script stops it from reaching its true potential. |
| 248943 | Zach Pope | Zach Pope Reviews | Fresh | — | 2023-07-25T21:40:48.000Z | 2023-07-25 21:40:48 | Easiest way to put it… this is surprisingly good. For a 90 minute thriller you’ll find some wicked intense shots that give you a ton of anxiety! Idris Elba sells this entire concept in an exciting way & there’s even a bit of emotion to it all! |
| 248944 | Amber Wilkinson | Eye for Film | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-03-29T15:08:50.000Z | 2023-03-29 15:08:50 | There's some fun to be had with the action sequences when the mayhem starts but there's quite a lot that is just plain silly. |
| 248945 | John Serba | Decider | Fresh | — | 2023-02-07T23:30:11.000Z | 2023-02-07 23:30:11 | So, accepting the absence of thematic content and realistic portrayals of the natural world such films inevitably must be somewhat about themselves and how they were made. And Beast is made with a degree of elegance that’s wholly unexpected... |
| 248946 | Samuel Leggett Jr. | JVS Media & Productions/Team JVS | Rotten | D | 2022-12-26T22:31:37.000Z | 2022-12-26 22:31:37 | Beast is one of those action films that you have to suspend believe & hold on for the ride with you friend or family member. Elba plays a father of two caught in the worst case scenario where a Lion is hunting them. Its as cringy as it is entertaining |
| 248947 | David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2022-12-16T14:02:48.000Z | 2022-12-16 14:02:48 | ...fares best in its compelling and periodically enthralling first half... |
| 248948 | Eddie Harrison | film-authority.com | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-11-28T10:07:14.000Z | 2022-11-28 10:07:14 | …Beast is passable Saturday night fare, but despite a lot of hard work on the technical side, this lion doesn’t make much of a roar… |
| 248949 | Jesse Hassenger | Polygon | Fresh | — | 2022-10-29T19:19:07.000Z | 2022-10-29 19:19:07 | For much of its slim running time, Beast does what it’s supposed to do, right down to the buzzy moments of silliness where it bravely, too briefly heads over the top. |
| 248950 | Clint Worthington | Fox 10 Phoenix | Fresh | — | 2022-10-25T16:32:57.000Z | 2022-10-25 16:32:57 | It’s not the most robust cinematic meal, but as a style exercise, it earns a modest place among the rest of the pride. |
| 248951 | Betty Jo Tucker | ReelTalk Movie Reviews | Fresh | — | 2022-10-20T00:09:35.000Z | 2022-10-20 00:09:35 | Everything in this action thriller seems real. So, of course, that makes the thrills extra chillier. |
| 248952 | Matt Pais | MattPais.com | Rotten | C+ | 2022-10-18T11:44:51.000Z | 2022-10-18 11:44:51 | The escalation of terror is genuinely exciting until the movie bogs down in CGI absurdity instead of reasonably credible survival. |
| 248953 | Kevin Sintumuang | Esquire Magazine | Rotten | — | 2022-10-17T18:06:17.000Z | 2022-10-17 18:06:17 | Beast is not a great movie. Some may even say it’s terrible. Where the movie flounders is when director Baltasar Kormákur attempts to make it too much about a man reckoning the death of his wife via some very overwrought dream sequences. |
| 248954 | Michael Clark | Epoch Times | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2022-10-04T18:39:59.000Z | 2022-10-04 18:39:59 | Even at just 93 minutes, “Beast” often feels padded and stretched. Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur and journeyman screenwriter Ryan Engle paint themselves into a narrative corner with no chance of logical or believable escape. |
| 248955 | Pat Mullen | That Shelf | Fresh | — | 2022-10-03T20:03:25.000Z | 2022-10-03 20:03:25 | It’s a hot mess and kind of basic. But it’s tons of fun, baby. |
| 248956 | Mark H. Harris | Black Horror Movies | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-09-23T00:18:50.000Z | 2022-09-23 00:18:50 | Beast walks that fine line between solidly entertaining and solidly ignorable. |
| 248957 | Dominic Griffin | Looper.com | Rotten | 3/10 | 2022-09-21T20:25:09.000Z | 2022-09-21 20:25:09 | "Beast" feels too haunting to have a ball with, but far too silly for its mawkish melodrama to truly resonate. |
| 248958 | Gabi Zietsman | Channel24 (South Africa) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-09-21T05:54:24.000Z | 2022-09-21 05:54:24 | Beast far surpassed my expectations of a survival thriller, although I posit it's more of a creature feature horror with more realism. Even if you're not into scary movies, Beast is worth a watch as a master class in using reality to terrify. |
| 248959 | Andrea Thompson | Boss Level Gamer | Fresh | — | 2022-09-15T19:13:24.000Z | 2022-09-15 19:13:24 | It doesn’t go anywhere that hasn’t been mapped out before, but pulp has rarely been done so thrillingly. |
| 248960 | Victoria Luxford | City AM | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-09-15T13:47:55.000Z | 2022-09-15 13:47:55 | Beast is solid entertainment that roars its way through a short running time. With the right audience it could be the surprise hit of the year, and prove Elba is a star with or without 007’s tuxedo. |
| 248961 | Jack Bottomley | Starburst | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-13T19:06:38.000Z | 2022-09-13 19:06:38 | Beast brings animal attacks films back to the cinema schedule with gruesome efficiency and thematic bite. You might call it Jaws with paws... and plenty of claws! Brilliant. |
| 248962 | Russ Simmons | KKFI-FM (Kansas City) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-09-10T17:22:04.000Z | 2022-09-10 17:22:04 | While formulaic, “Beast” benefits from a strong cast and convincing special effects. |
| 248963 | Rahul Desai | News9 Live (India) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-09-09T01:12:17.000Z | 2022-09-09 01:12:17 | Baltasar Kormakur's Beast uses raw emotion to drive the conflict between man and nature. |
| 248964 | Nestor Bentancor | Nestor Cine Desde Hollywood | Fresh | — | 2022-09-09T00:46:06.000Z | 2022-09-09 00:46:06 | An adrenaline-infused exercise in immersive filmmaking that entertains without leaving a mark. |
| 248965 | Tomiwa Owolade | Sunday Times (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-09-07T17:45:15.000Z | 2022-09-07 17:45:15 | The acting is schlocky when it strives to be poignant; the plot is predictable when it should be surprising. |
| 248966 | Dennis Schwartz | Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews | Rotten | C | 2022-09-07T12:15:31.000Z | 2022-09-07 12:15:31 | If you believe Idris can fight the lion without a weapon and survive, you're delusional. |
| 248967 | Bruce R. Miller | Sioux City Journal | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2022-09-07T02:30:34.000Z | 2022-09-07 02:30:34 | While bits and pieces of the family’s life spill out, “Beast” doesn’t show the beauty of the relationship. This trip from hell just forces their hand. |
| 248968 | Taylor Baker | Drink in the Movies | Fresh | 55/100 | 2022-09-07T00:25:36.000Z | 2022-09-07 00:25:36 | Beast is a strong entry in the slew of late summer action films in recent years. With more prowess than the likes of Skyscraper, Rampage, The Dark Tower, and their ilk. Though it languishes |
| 248969 | Jeff Ewing | Forbes | Fresh | — | 2022-09-06T05:01:10.000Z | 2022-09-06 05:01:10 | It breezes by, keeps you engaged, and grounds you in the family. It isn’t a film with layers, elaborate plot shenanigans, or thematic complexity, it’s about survival plain and simple, and it puts you on the family’s train to danger. |
| 248970 | Edwin Arnaudin | Asheville Movies | Fresh | B | 2022-09-05T16:06:08.000Z | 2022-09-05 16:06:08 | Another reasonably solid Man vs. Nature thriller from Kormákur. |
| 248971 | Damien Straker | Impulse Gamer | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2022-09-04T05:34:54.000Z | 2022-09-04 05:34:54 | A well-made but unremarkable exercise in genre thrills rather than emotions. |
| 248972 | Jackie K. Cooper | jackiekcooper.com | Rotten | 5/10 | 2022-09-02T18:46:19.000Z | 2022-09-02 18:46:19 | Idris Elba provides the star power but that alone cannot raise the entertainment level of this routine tale of man vs beast. |
| 248973 | Chris Wasser | Sunday Independent (Ireland) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-09-01T22:27:00.000Z | 2022-09-01 22:27:00 | A blockbuster classic in the making? Not quite. But it’ll pass the time nicely on a rainy Sunday afternoon. |
| 248974 | Kate Rodger | Newshub (NZ) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-09-01T22:22:02.000Z | 2022-09-01 22:22:02 | An eyerollingly silly script and a less than convincing performance from a rogue CGI lion ate away at all my enjoyment. |
| 248975 | MaryAnn Johanson | Flick Filosopher | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-09-01T20:27:04.000Z | 2022-09-01 20:27:04 | Idris Elba fights a lion. This is what we are promised and this is what we get. The purity is sort of beautiful. But is it a failure of the movie, or a success, that it treats such nonsense earnestly? |
| 248976 | David Bax | Battleship Pretension | Fresh | — | 2022-09-01T00:09:01.000Z | 2022-09-01 00:09:01 | Beast allows Kormákur to exercise the action muscles he’s developed over the years but it also suggests a heretofore untapped facility for horror. |
| 248977 | Kimberly Pierce | Geek Girl Authority | Rotten | 3/5 | 2022-08-31T22:49:45.000Z | 2022-08-31 22:49:45 | This is a part-creature feature, part-horror thriller and part-family drama. There are multiple different fragments of great movies here, but they never coalesce into a solid single story. Ultimately, this one is best left to streaming. |
| 248978 | Rich Cline | Shadows on the Wall | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-31T19:10:04.000Z | 2022-08-31 19:10:04 | Everything is in its rightful place, from above-average effects to emotion-tugging family melodrama, all welded together with the sheer movie star wattage of Idris Elba. |
| 248979 | Tim Brayton | Alternate Ending | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-31T05:40:31.000Z | 2022-08-31 05:40:31 | This is basically as good as I can possibly imagine "the movie where Idris Elba kicks a CGI lion in the face twice" being. |
| 248980 | Linda Marric | The Jewish Chronicle | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-30T19:41:20.000Z | 2022-08-30 19:41:20 | There are some great performances here, notably from Copley, but Beast often feels too contrived and preposterously overblown. |
| 248981 | Clarisse Loughrey | Independent (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-29T20:41:39.000Z | 2022-08-29 20:41:39 | Audiences will turn up because a trailer promised to show them one of our most charismatic A-listers in a boxing match with a roided-out kitty cat... In that sense, it’s impossible to argue that Beast doesn’t live up to its promise. |
| 248982 | Christopher Machell | CineVue | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-08-29T18:54:39.000Z | 2022-08-29 18:54:39 | For a film that aspires to Universal’s classic creature features, which so often relied on keeping the monster off screen for as long as possible, it’s a shame that Beast doesn’t better understand that more is less. |
| 248983 | Mark Meszoros | The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2022-08-29T16:15:13.000Z | 2022-08-29 16:15:13 | Kormákur gives us serious horror-flick vibes, the camera sticking close to the characters to help us feel the incredible anxiety they’re feeling. And when the camera drifts a bit away from them, that’s when we truly worry the monster will strike. |
| 248984 | Collin Garbarino | WORLD | Fresh | 2/4 | 2022-08-29T14:26:23.000Z | 2022-08-29 14:26:23 | It’s always nice to see a father in a movie play the hero and protect his children. Beast is good, but not great—entertaining, but forgettable. |
| 248985 | Kimber Myers | Crooked Marquee | Fresh | B | 2022-08-29T00:45:37.000Z | 2022-08-29 00:45:37 | 'Beast' delivers on its simple premise, offering an effective survival thriller; nothing more, nothing less. |
| 248986 | Wendy Ide | Observer (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-08-28T13:01:37.000Z | 2022-08-28 13:01:37 | It’s partly this hint of emotional complexity, plus Elba’s robust redemption arc, from failed father to lion-punching saviour, that sets this picture a notch above the average creature attack flick. |
| 248987 | Wenlei Ma | News.com.au | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-28T01:55:16.000Z | 2022-08-28 01:55:16 | Beast is a film that knows exactly what it is and doesn’t try to overcomplicate things – it’s a chase film and what you get is a suspenseful chase. Job done. |
| 248988 | Steve Biodrowski | Cinefantastique | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-08-27T21:26:45.000Z | 2022-08-27 21:26:45 | There are two things you need to know going into Beast: The lion...is the Michael Myers of the animal kingdom... [and he] has a relatable motivation that makes him the film's most compelling character (and that is no slight on the human cast). |
| 248989 | Dan Murrell | Dan Murrell Reviews | Fresh | B | 2022-08-27T06:52:27.000Z | 2022-08-27 06:52:27 | Beast isn't going to knock your socks off but it puts in the extra effort where it counts. An efficient, well-executed thriller. |
| 248990 | Sarah Ward | Concrete Playground | Fresh | — | 2022-08-27T04:10:03.000Z | 2022-08-27 04:10:03 | A lean, edge-of-your-seat, humanity-versus-nature nerve-shredder... remains as ruthlessly proficient as a lion at drawing, demanding and grabbing attention. |
| 248991 | Sandie Angulo Chen | Common Sense Media | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-26T22:54:22.000Z | 2022-08-26 22:54:22 | Father-daughter survival story is intense, bloody, violent. |
| 248992 | Andy Klein | FilmWeek (LAist) | Fresh | — | 2022-08-26T22:34:19.000Z | 2022-08-26 22:34:19 | Once the lion shows up, I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. |
| 248993 | Amy Nicholson | FilmWeek (LAist) | Fresh | — | 2022-08-26T22:33:28.000Z | 2022-08-26 22:33:28 | The camera work here is really beautiful and the style fits this film very well. |
| 248994 | Terence Johnson | Le Noir Auteur | Fresh | — | 2022-08-26T21:12:22.000Z | 2022-08-26 21:12:22 | What’s not to like? Seriously, this movie is very well made and it knows exactly what it was made to do, to thrill audiences. |
| 248995 | Paul Whitington | Irish Independent | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-26T20:57:04.000Z | 2022-08-26 20:57:04 | Elba is quietly commanding in the lead role, grounding a story so flimsy it might have floated off into the air without him. |
| 248996 | Leo Brady | AMovieGuy.com | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2022-08-26T18:24:45.000Z | 2022-08-26 18:24:45 | It’s a giant blood thirsty lion versus Idris Elba. The plot of Beast may not be much deeper than that, but for me that’s more than enough, and the final result is thoroughly entertaining. |
| 248997 | Ed Potton | The Times (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-08-26T16:10:18.000Z | 2022-08-26 16:10:18 | The script is the main weakness, loaded with hoary dialogue and sledgehammer-subtle exposition... |
| 248998 | Esther Rosenfield | Little White Lies | Fresh | 2/5 | 2022-08-26T14:04:47.000Z | 2022-08-26 14:04:47 | Beast doesn’t reinvent the wheel when it comes to animal survival films, but it’s free enough of fat and frills to warrant a watch in the theatrical dog days of summer. |
| 248999 | Grant Rollings | The Sun (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-08-26T11:51:03.000Z | 2022-08-26 11:51:03 | Even the mighty Idris Elba can’t save Beast from the worst fate imaginable for a disaster movie — laughter. |
| 249000 | Kate Muir | Daily Mail (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-08-26T11:47:01.000Z | 2022-08-26 11:47:01 | While Beast might have been fun if it had gone for full B-movie camp, it takes itself too seriously. |
| 249001 | Andy Lea | Daily Express (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-08-26T11:42:11.000Z | 2022-08-26 11:42:11 | [A] wildly implausible but thoroughly entertaining creature feature. |
| 249002 | Matt Hudson | What I Watched Tonight | Rotten | 5.5/10 | 2022-08-26T10:53:56.000Z | 2022-08-26 10:53:56 | The ingredients were there for a taut, atmospheric thrill ride, however, Beast ends up being rather tame by all accounts. |
| 249003 | Dwight Brown | DwightBrownInk.com | Fresh | 3/4 | 2022-08-25T22:20:03.000Z | 2022-08-25 22:20:03 | The success of this film’s eye-catching, ear-grabbing hocus pocus can be traced back to smart direction, near seamless visual/sound effects, tight editing and the supremely talented Idris Elba. |
| 249004 | Nick Johnston | Vanyaland | Fresh | — | 2022-08-25T21:48:53.000Z | 2022-08-25 21:48:53 | A tightly-paced, well-acted, smartly-constructed-and-directed high-concept genre picture. |
| 249005 | Jake Wilson | The Age (Australia) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-08-25T19:12:22.000Z | 2022-08-25 19:12:22 | Again, almost the only factor that allows us to take the life-or-death situation even halfway seriously is Elba’s performance. |
| 249006 | Sarah Jane | Austin Chronicle | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-08-25T18:58:09.000Z | 2022-08-25 18:58:09 | Beast is basically Jaws on safari. |
| 249007 | Deborah Ross | The Spectator | Fresh | — | 2022-08-25T17:50:59.000Z | 2022-08-25 17:50:59 | Whether this was ever intended to be a serious film, I cannot say, but it’s fun in its schlocky, gory, silly way, doesn’t outstay its welcome and will satisfy anyone who has ever yearned to see Idris Elba wrestle a lion and then punch it full in the face. |
| 249008 | Ethan Vestby | The Film Stage | Fresh | B- | 2022-08-25T16:49:13.000Z | 2022-08-25 16:49:13 | The newest from director Baltasar Kormakur seems to prove the Icelandic journeyman is perhaps destined for Vulgar Auteurist glory in our degraded age. |
| 249009 | Leslie Felperin | Financial Times | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-25T16:33:12.000Z | 2022-08-25 16:33:12 | Baltasar Kormákur finesses the tone expertly, delivering a thrill ride that still has warmly likeable characters. |
| 249010 | Peter Gray | The AU Review | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-08-25T14:20:54.000Z | 2022-08-25 14:20:54 | The surprising injection of emotion, [Idris] Elba’s committed performance, and lush camera work from [Baltasur] Kormákur consistently elevate proceedings beyond its B-grade temperament. |
| 249011 | Jim Schembri | jimschembri.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-25T13:49:10.000Z | 2022-08-25 13:49:10 | The many oners deployed here are extremely well-choreographed, complemented by some absolutely top-notch visual effects artistry in rendering the big cats so realistically. The work is so fine it makes you weep for the future of Hollywood animal trainers. |
| 249012 | Alistair Harkness | Scotsman | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-25T10:57:44.000Z | 2022-08-25 10:57:44 | An entertainingly gnarly lion-vs-humans B-movie... |
| 249013 | John Nugent | Empire Magazine | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-25T10:44:34.000Z | 2022-08-25 10:44:34 | An old-fashioned, B-movie creature-feature with some CG gloss. Beast is as predictable as anything but it’s a fun, silly, well-made film about a man punching a big cat. |
| 249014 | Nadine Whitney | FILMINK (Australia) | Fresh | 15/20 | 2022-08-25T03:44:55.000Z | 2022-08-25 03:44:55 | … a competent piece of entertainment that is best consumed by not overthinking what’s going on … despite its flaws, it’s a magnificent looking movie and a big screen adventure. |
| 249015 | Brandon Zachary | CBR | Fresh | — | 2022-08-24T23:47:24.000Z | 2022-08-24 23:47:24 | Beast is a lean, mean thriller elevated by a game cast, strong direction, and a pretty solid horror movie monster in the form of a murderous lion. |
| 249016 | Dann Gire | Chicago Daily Herald | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2022-08-24T23:38:59.000Z | 2022-08-24 23:38:59 | Astute movie fans won't be surprised by much in Beast, operating on a plot every bit as fresh and inventive as its overused title. |
| 249017 | Matt Donato | Perri Nemiroff (YouTube) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-24T23:01:00.000Z | 2022-08-24 23:01:00 | Not an exceptionally told story, but you're here for Idris punching and kicking a (properly animated) lion. In that regard, mission accomplished with some hoot-and-holler thrills to boot. |
| 249018 | Charlotte O'Sullivan | London Evening Standard | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-08-24T17:43:56.000Z | 2022-08-24 17:43:56 | Idris Elba vs a loopy lion. That's a prospect to make all sane viewers salivate, yet by the end of this savannah-set survival thriller I was practically supine. I am woman, hear me snore. |
| 249019 | Paul Salfen | AMFM Magazine | Fresh | 7/10 | 2022-08-24T16:26:50.000Z | 2022-08-24 16:26:50 | The film is full of tense sequences, jump scares, children in danger, and stressful moments that will keep the viewer on the edge of their seat no matter how silly it seems at times. |
| 249020 | Brian Lloyd | entertainment.ie | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-24T14:03:51.000Z | 2022-08-24 14:03:51 | 'Beast' isn't burdened with brains, but it's still effective. |
| 249021 | Robbie Collin | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-08-24T13:38:07.000Z | 2022-08-24 13:38:07 | A grippingly efficient thrill-ride with such a steely fixity of purpose that its 93 minutes seem to pass in around 15. |
| 249022 | Steven Prokopy | Third Coast Review | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2022-08-23T21:57:36.000Z | 2022-08-23 21:57:36 | Just because we’ve seen this structure dozens of times before doesn’t mean it can’t be done exceedingly well by someone new, and with the assistance of cinematographer Philippe Rousselot, Kormákur has made one of the best thrillers I’ve seen all year. |
| 249023 | tt stern-enzi | Fox19 (Cincinnati, OH) | Fresh | B | 2022-08-23T18:15:20.000Z | 2022-08-23 18:15:20 | This is Edris' show and if you go into it expecting just to enjoy him, you're going to walk out and you're going to feel like you had a good time. |
| 249024 | Sean Burns | North Shore Movies | Rotten | — | 2022-08-23T17:34:57.000Z | 2022-08-23 17:34:57 | Here we go again with the grief. Not every survival movie needs to be a therapy session. |
| 249025 | Peter Canavese | Groucho Reviews | Fresh | 3/4 | 2022-08-23T17:13:52.000Z | 2022-08-23 17:13:52 | The real draw here is actually the photography by Oscar-winning cinematographer Philippe Rousselot. |
| 249026 | Rachel Ho | Exclaim! | Rotten | 5/10 | 2022-08-23T16:23:21.000Z | 2022-08-23 16:23:21 | Idris Elba is one of the most charismatic and compelling actors working today, and even he couldn't elevate Beast past its eye-rolling, superficial script. |
| 249027 | Rex Reed | Observer | Rotten | 2/4 | 2022-08-23T10:18:49.000Z | 2022-08-23 10:18:49 | Every scene is built on cinder blocks of tension, but the riotous screenplay is so silly and one-dimensional you find yourself laughing in spite of yourself. |
| 249028 | Oliver Jones | Observer | Fresh | 3/4 | 2022-08-23T10:18:05.000Z | 2022-08-23 10:18:05 | When a wiser-than-average thriller can more than adequately supply the dumb thrills we require from our large-screen, air-conditioned entertainments, you know you’ve found the right place to survive these last few dog days of summer. |
| 249029 | Dustin Chase | Galveston Daily News | Rotten | C | 2022-08-23T03:26:20.000Z | 2022-08-23 03:26:20 | This Beast can’t outrun a lazy script or injuries caused by stereotypes of the genre. |
| 249030 | Cory Woodroof | The Young Folks | Fresh | 7/10 | 2022-08-23T03:02:49.000Z | 2022-08-23 03:02:49 | Beast is a film that fully embraces its B-movie identity and stands as one of the few legitimate surprises of the summer. In a vacuum of countless blockbuster disappointments over the last few months, Beast has a thing or two to teach its peers. |
| 249031 | Julian Roman | MovieWeb | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2022-08-23T01:43:25.000Z | 2022-08-23 01:43:25 | Beast's CGI carnivore slashes and eviscerates human flesh with ghastly realism. Unfortunately, the film's melodramatic plot kills as much as the rampaging critter. The characters argue incessantly while under attack. |
| 249032 | Lisa Johnson Mandell | AtHomeInHollywood.com | Rotten | — | 2022-08-22T23:04:32.000Z | 2022-08-22 23:04:32 | Not even the mighty Idris Elba can fight off the attack of a silly script and sloppy storytelling. |
| 249033 | Lynn Venhaus | PopLifeSTL | Rotten | D | 2022-08-22T22:16:34.000Z | 2022-08-22 22:16:34 | However, the characters are soon boxed in, and not just in the vehicle — and the conveniences become contrivances. Whatever goodwill we had for the characters evaporates and interest wanes, so that the conclusion seems anticlimactic. |
| 249034 | Dana Barbuto | The Patriot Ledger | Rotten | C | 2022-08-22T20:58:19.000Z | 2022-08-22 20:58:19 | “Hakuna Matata” this isn’t. |
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