The Beast (2024)

"(This) audacious drama throbs with fear."

"Magnificent."

"Classical and ultramodern, (this) is an experience both bold and rich."

"(Seydoux) gives a performance here of astonishing, chameleonic intensity."

"To paraphrase the smartest line from Tenet, don’t try to understand The Beast, you just have to feel it."

"Impeccable execution and an abundance of ideas to explore after it’s over."

"It’s a big swing for the fences from the singular French filmmaker and one that absolutely pays off."

"Ambitious but airless."

"Will hook cerebrally receptive audiences with its daring mix of genre elements and hot-button themes."

"It takes you somewhere, and more than one somewhere."

"Ambitious and accomplished, but not always involving."

"An audacious interdimensional romance, techno-thriller and Los Angeles noir rolled up in one."

"It’s a pleasure to recommend a film of startling originality, dazzle and danger."

"The film can be mystifying at time, even confusing... but it’s never confused."

"Textually dense, formally ambitious, and supremely engaging."

"Bonello's filmmaking is so hypnotic, and Seydoux's performance so subtly mesmerising, that you can't help getting caught up."

"A wholly original work that pulses with prescience."

"Léa Seydoux lights up (this) daring and epoch-straddling sci-fi."

"Weaves a bewitching, if a trifle head-swimming spell."

"Comes nowhere near achieving anything as insightful in two and a half hours that James manages in 30 pages."