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Beatriz at Dinner

Beatriz at Dinner

2017
Comedy
1h 22m
A holistic medicine practitioner attends a wealthy client's dinner party after her car breaks down. (imdb)
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Beatriz at Dinner

2017
Comedy
1h 22m
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Rated 08 Dec 2017
80
46th
The ending is so bad, it kills it. Before it lands with a thud it's a beautifully acted and thoughtfully made cringe comedy with two people from opposing ends of the political spectrum naturally coming into conflict - with the vapid people in the middle for reactions. Then there's the whole thing with the sea and it's just a dumb ending that betrays the character.
Rated 28 Jun 2017
50
14th
Well produced but hard to know what they're going for here. What the hell motivated her self sacrifice, besides the chip on her shoulder she carried throughout.
Rated 19 Dec 2017
61
26th
Despite a subtle, heartfelt performance from Salma Hayek, BEATRIZ AT DINNER struggles to reach its full potential. It combines elements of a satire, a comedy of manners, and a melancholy character study but seldom uses this unorthodox structure to its advantage. It's a movie that doesn't quite know where it wants to go--any resemblance to the zeitgeist is a coincidence, as it remains content with scattering a handful of incisive monologues around a familiar and at times reductive story.
Rated 10 Sep 2018
60
40th
The popular take on the ending is wrong. It actually elevates a movie that is at times smug and on-the-nose, making us forget about the thinly caricatured supporting characters and instead making good on the pain that has haunted Beatriz's face throughout the movie. There could be no other denouement, because in reality there can be no victory over the class that Lithgow's character represents. Hayek is remarkable in this. An interesting companion piece to White's TV series "Enlightened."
Rated 27 Aug 2017
47
14th
Starts off interesting. Becomes less and less so. And just generally worse.
Rated 02 Dec 2017
73
36th
Beautifully acted, subtle film (few lovely dreamy recollects) where little actually occurs. Feels written as Play & post-Trump erupting on global psych. Bias & PoV open & unhidden. V hard film 2 end -> DOES drop ball (inc use of 1 my least fav of cheap writing gimmicks). If U R fan of Mel G, Tom C action films & QT, skip. If U tend left/eco + see many Docus, go. I know her world (Present day & BirthPlace) & theirs: all rings true. Powerful interactions & well constructed tension that then....
Rated 02 Jan 2018
68
53rd
A lovely performance by Hayek doesn't save how on-the-nose and preachy the film itself is, though it does have some excellent moments.
Rated 09 Nov 2017
24
3rd
No. There is no rhyme of reason to Beatriz At Dinner. And I actually thought Hayek's performance was flat. Very one-sided. Eventhough there is more than enough time to go in-depth with the characters, it just doesn't happen. Which makes it very difficult to understand the development of the movie. 24/100.
Rated 11 Oct 2017
55
6th
Irresponsible at best & dangerous at worst & I say this as fan of Mike White. Although it's a worldwide standard to portray wealthy businessmen as unapologetic a--holes & allow consumers to enjoy a cathartic thrill by watching them get their comeuppance (like Death Wish does w/ criminals), this is a film whose only purpose is not the usual cathartic fantasy, but to actually encourage viewers to deeply consider the merits of killing a rich a--hole themselves. Oblivious & hypocritical liberalism.
Rated 16 Nov 2017
60
35th
Dificil de assistir
Rated 30 Aug 2017
55
30th
ne pazarlanan film, ne ortaya çıkan şeyde olduğunu sandığı film. performanslar komedi filmiymiş gibi yapıyor, ama film aksi bir istikamette tatsızca ilerliyor. hikayede çok sıradan bir yol izlenmesi yerine kotarılan bağlama noktası takdir edilesi, ama film çok süzülüyor, çok sarkıyor. tekil olarak insanın dünya ve insanlık ile mücadele yeteneğine dair söylediği şeyler ilgi çekici olmasına rağmen film olarak işlemekte problem yaşıyor.
Rated 07 Sep 2017
65
51st
Falls apart in the final act a bit, but Hayek delivers one hell of a performance and I always forget how sinister Lithgow can be. Fantastic score from Mothersbaugh as well!
Rated 04 Mar 2018
61
20th
Hayek's excellent performance can't quite make an aimless political digression come together; elusiveness of tone and characterisation muffle the impact and Arteta/White fail to milk the inherent claustrophobic, stageyness of the material. Lithgow does his best, but his character is paper-thin and one-note - it's a stretch to call his character a Trump surrogate, as other reviewers have noted. Lands some impassioned points for conservation vs capitalism but does nothing to advance its arguments.
Rated 31 Dec 2018
85
71st
Mike White understands humans better than most writers. His protagonists are very autobiographical--alienated, pissed off, beaten down, and consequently a little mad. It's the madness that separates him from other writers. He goes places that others wouldn't even think of going. I can see why someone wouldn't like his work. He writes for the character, not the plot. His goal is simply to juxtapose people who live alongside each other in drastically different worlds, and he's always effective.
Rated 20 Aug 2019
64
61st
Palpably uncomfortable and suspenseful, Lithgow and Hayek perform spectacularly as the perfectly cast opponents in a fake classist party ...I didnt expect to like it as much as I did
Rated 29 Nov 2021
78
22nd
Hayek and Lithgow balanced each other well. However, I don’t think Beatriz needed to be so fatalistic. The ending didn’t make sense because, in her tragedy and despair, no one will miss her, and still, no difference will be made. She was making a difference in the lives of terminally ill patients, but I guess she forgot about that when she met the real estate mogul who shot a rhino and bankrolled development

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