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Beautiful Beings

Beautiful Beings (Icelandic: Berdreymi) is a 2022 Icelandic coming-of-age[1] drama film written and directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson.[1][2][3][4] Set in the suburbs of Reykjavík during the 2000s, the film focuses on a group of teenage boys and the violence that surrounds them.[5]

Beautiful Beings
Film poster
IcelandicBerdreymi
Directed byGuðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Screenplay byGuðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Produced byAnton Máni Svansson
Starring
  • Birgir Dagur Bjarkason
  • Áskell Einar Pálmason
  • Viktor Benóný Benediktsson
  • Snorri Rafn Frímannsson
CinematographySturla Brandth Grøvlen
Edited byAndri Steinn Guðjónsson
Music byKristian Eidnes Andersen
Release dates
  • 11 February 2022 (2022-02-11) (Berlin)
  • 22 April 2022 (2022-04-22) (Iceland)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryIceland
LanguageIcelandic

On 30 September 2022, the film was announced as Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.[6]

Reception edit

In the United States' review aggregator, the Rotten Tomatoes, in the score where the site staff categorizes the opinions of independent media and mainstream media only positive or negative, the film has an approval rating of 85% calculated based on 20 critics reviews. By comparison, with the same opinions being calculated using a weighted arithmetic mean, the score achieved is 6.9/10.[7]

In the Metacritic aggregator, which calculates the reviews using only an arithmetic weighted average from the evaluations of 9 critics who write mostly for the mainstream media, the film has a score of 58 out of 100, indicating "Mixed Or Average Reviews".[8]

In his review on Los Angeles Times, Robert Abele said that "the pacing is sometimes shaggy, and the boys’ motivations are occasionally mysterious, but Guðmundsson's young actors are magnetic in a physical, haunted way".[9] At The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw rated it 3/5 of its grade saying that "Beautiful Beings is shot with real style, with very good performances, but the cliched and consequence-free violence is a flaw."[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Bradshaw, Peter (13 December 2022). "Beautiful Beings review – Icelandic coming-of-age tale of gangs and bullying". The Guardian.
  2. ^ "Leikhópurinn gríðarlega sterkur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 21 April 2022.
  3. ^ Sumarliðason, Heiðar (28 April 2022). "Berdreymi: Strákarnir okkar eru ekki í lagi - Vísir". Vísir.is (in Icelandic).
  4. ^ "Beautiful Beings". Icelandic Film Centre.
  5. ^ "Beautiful Beings (2022) aka Berdreymi". Kvikmyndapod (Podcast). 29 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Oscars: Iceland Selects 'Beautiful Beings' As International Film Entry". DeadLine. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Beautiful Beings". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Beautiful Beings". Metacritic. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Review: 'Beautiful Beings' balances the brutality and tenderness of teen adolescence". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

External links edit

  • Beautiful Beings at IMDb  


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