The film only succeeds at peddling barely tolerable coming-of-age cliches.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 30, 2021

For all the movie's soupiness, we're still left with a handful of memorable characters at a pivotal time in their emotional development, and for that, "Beast Beast" can boast a well-intentioned, caring integrity.

| Apr 29, 2021

It's in the push to explain a moral that it stumbles over its own good intentions.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 27, 2021

Chen is extraordinary in a third act that strips Krista down to the bone, and it's easy to imagine how this entire movie would've fallen apart with a lesser actress to steer it home.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 16, 2021

If you've lived long enough, or have seen enough movies, you can easily predict every single thing that takes place here, including its jarring tonal swing.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 16, 2021

A conflicted work, but not without its merits, especially when it comes to Chen's performance.

| Feb 5, 2020

All three young actors who play the leads deliver solid performances that make them effortless tour guides through their intersecting stories.

| Jan 28, 2020

Even in the noir climax, "Beast Beast's" ideas about validation and integrity are worth a grapple.

| Jan 26, 2020

The doc-style cinematography allows the camera to act as an undercover agent, going deep into Gen Z territory.

| Jan 25, 2020