In The Nerve-Wracking Thriller 'Beast,' A Dark Beauty
The tense, jittery buildup of writer/director Michael Pearce's mystery/thriller may prove more wickedly fun than its payoff, but star Jessie Buckley keeps us guessing throughout.
by Mark Jenkins
May 10, 2018
2 minutes
As Beast's handheld camera careens around the isle of Jersey, it's nearly always focused on Moll (Jessie Buckley). But the movie also seems to live inside the young woman's head, which churns with feral intensity and adolescent bewilderment. And Moll, a breakout role for flame-haired Irish actress Buckley, may not even be this murder mystery's title character.
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