Jessie Buckley
Moll Huntford
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A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
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| Homepage | http://www.altitudefilment.com/film/distribution/79/beast |
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| Release Date | 2018-04-18 |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Directors | Michael Pearce, Benjamin Kracun, Giles Barron, Alice Caronna |
| Producers | Lauren Dark, David Kosse, Kristian Brodie, Sam Lavender, Ivana MacKinnon, Greg McManus, Myles Payne, David Staniland, Natascha Wharton |
| Writer | Michael Pearce |
Jessie Buckley pulls out all the stops here and offers us a really strong performance in what is otherwise a rather unremarkable thriller. She is "Moll" who lives a pretty unfulfilled life under the watchful gaze of her mother "Hilary" (Geraldine James). She hooks up with wide boy "Pascal" (Johnny Flynn - or Tom Burke?) whom many suspect to be behind a series of killings that have rocked their island community. Increasingly shunned by her family and friends, she finds herself embroiled in the police investigation led by "Harrison" (Oliver Maltman) - a man who is also keen on young "Moll" - and gradually she, like us, begins to doubt the probity of her boyfriend's dubious character. There is something fitting about the ending, but I am afraid I found the rest of this just a bit too procedural with the usual dose of familial discord failing to chime with me at all. Buckley stands out and James always brings a bit of gravitas when she is on screen, but the remainder left me underwhelmed and borderline disinterested. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood, but this really didn't do much for me at all. Sorry.
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