“The Beta Test” is unforgettable, uncomfortable, and unmissable.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 9, 2024

There are some things that stop it from being a fantastic film, but the good certainly does outweigh the bad in a film that promises to make you laugh before anxiously anticipating what will happen next.

| Original Score: B | Mar 1, 2024

Jim Cummings, pulling triple duty as co-writer & co-director, is excellent as a man who seemingly has it all but life quickly spirals out of control... a film that will provoke much discussion regarding its themes and the resolution of its mystery.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 12, 2022

The topics of discussion have a pointed relevancy that makes them attractive, and centered around a commanding performance from Cummings makes it all the more inviting.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 5, 2022

A dark and satiric movie about how we play a role in our social and cultural life. The life as a theatre where everyone plays a role. Here, the symbology is important. Full review in Spanish

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 24, 2022

The Beta Test can be a disorientating and even unpleasant watch, with a plot that careens as wildly as its lead character... but it's often impossible to look away.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 18, 2022

Although occasionally messy and tangential, the film and Cummings' performance keeps us involved from moment to moment.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 12, 2022

A clear lack of craft and substance lets The Beta Test down yet the film shows no signs of worry or concern by this.

| Original Score: C- | Feb 12, 2022

The Beta Test is a high adrenaline, erotic thrill ride that will leave you breathless. Cummings has once again proven that he has a masterful understanding of blending genres.

| Feb 12, 2022

This is a movie about cancel culture that never utters the phrase, and moreover, it's a movie made by people who understand full well that the privileged people they're lampooning never deserved that power in the first place.

| Feb 11, 2022

THE BETA TEST is a laugh-out-loud funny horror satire that roasts men, specifically men in the entertainment industry, but also men who lack the ability to communicate and be truthful...

| Dec 31, 2021

The Beta Test is a one-note satire that's filled with misogyny and has a mystery that's so easy to solve ... The movie stomps along tediously until the 'plot twist' (which isn't much of a surprise) is finally revealed to underwhelming results.

| Dec 27, 2021

"The Beta Test" is about unpleasant people and their unpleasant truths, but it's told with a ferocity that's hard to turn away from.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 15, 2021

While The Beta Test is wildly uneven in its execution, Cummings' dark comedy slightly erotic thriller manages to surprise.

| Dec 7, 2021

Tales of angsty alpha males who see the light are a cinematic sacred cow, yet lacking in clarity of vision or a cohesive world, "The Beta Test" comes out looking as confused as its antihero.

| Dec 7, 2021

Overall, Cummings and McCabe's film touches a raw nerve with sharp, funny, awkwardly prickly provocation.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 7, 2021

The Beta Test is an entertaining exercise in watching a self-involved Hollywood player slowly come to the realization that he is neither all-powerful nor all-knowing.

| Nov 22, 2021

I think it's best suited for those who could handle American Psycho.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 14, 2021

The Beta Test's study of toxic masculinity and fragility isn't without bumps, but the message is surprisingly simple and gentle for such a ferocious movie. 'Everybody just wants to be famous, but for what? Be happy with what you've got.'

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 11, 2021

The only person I want to see having a nervous breakdown in public to protect their own entitlement is Jim Cummings and The Beta Test is another exhibit that he is a talent worthy of your attention.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 10, 2021