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Beauty

2022

Andrew Dosunmu

Niecy Nash, Aleyse Shannon, Giancarlo Esposito, Gracie Marie Bradley ...

3.6

73

Romance. Drama The story of Beauty, an up-and-coming young singer with a glamorous career ahead of her, and Jasmine, a butch queer woman who falls for her best friend, Beauty.

	Media	Author	Review
		Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter	"'Beauty' tries to do a lot with this straightforward story, but struggles in execution. It’s too billowy to be a study of a young woman on the cusp of fame."
		Kristen Lopez IndieWire	"Though heavily inspired by the life of Whitney Houston, enough that it may well qualify as an unofficial biopic of the massive music star, “Beauty” fails to hit the right notes"
		Adrian Horton The Guardian	"[It] stumbles with many wrong notes (...) [It] is made with great affection for its unspoken subject. It's a shame that doesn't translate into interest for its fictional star, who remains a cipher (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		John Serba Decider	"We never hear Beauty sing. Interesting decision; could’ve worked with better execution, and maybe another pass at the script."
		Lisa Kennedy The New York Times	"Consider 'Beauty' an elegy with an edge, one that touches on faith and financials, love and condemnation."
		Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"While 'Beauty' doesn’t really work, it does fail in interesting ways (...) On paper, this movie is really something. Onscreen, it lacks dimension."
		Leslie Byron Pitt The Playlist	"The film is thin on characterization, clunky with dialogue, and shallow in its narrative. The most frustrating thing about “Beauty” is it’s a film that reminds you of other films that are far more compelling"
		Ferdosa Abdi Screen Rant	"'Beauty' fails due to its weak script, which doesn’t provide a steady framework to tell this particular story. The film is all ideas with no substance"

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