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Summary Twelve-year-old Beans (Kiawentiio Tarbell) is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and delinquent adolescence; forced to grow up fast to become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Indigenous uprising known as The Oka Crisis, which tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.

Directed By: Tracey Deer

Written By: Meredith Vuchnich, Tracey Deer

  • 2021
  • FilmRise
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2021
  • FilmRise
  • 1 h 32 m

Beans

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
74
User Score Generally Favorable
7.8
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Summary Twelve-year-old Beans (Kiawentiio Tarbell) is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and delinquent adolescence; forced to grow up fast to become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Indigenous uprising known as The Oka Crisis, which tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.

Directed By: Tracey Deer

Written By: Meredith Vuchnich, Tracey Deer

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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90
Nov 8, 2021
Beans is a thoughtful, stirring reflection by someone who survived it all, quietly demanding acknowledgement not just of her land, but of her life.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
90
Nov 5, 2021
Deer, a rare filmmaker of Mohawk descent, portrays in Beans the hope and love that help people thrive in the face of such hatred.
By Ronda Racha Penrice FULL REVIEW
83
Jul 21, 2021
Beans is an ambitious film that, for the most part, works. It extends its efforts to reach a larger audience, but the story it tells is easy to admire.
By Thom Ernst FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 6, 2021
Deer has made a richly-detailed debut feature about an ugly piece of Canadian history, and it’s to her credit that she lets young heroine see the escalation from both sides, and lets the viewer see what this does to her.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 23, 2021
It feels timely and urgent, and its phenomenal young heroine ensures it doesn’t become overly mawkish, preachy, or prosaic.
By Alex Saveliev FULL REVIEW
67
Nov 6, 2021
A specifically French-Canadian and Native coming-of-age story that’s heavy handed in some ways and delicate in others.
By Katie Rife FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 5, 2021
With its coming-of-age and its historical context, Beans concerns ideas of pain and conflict, but it’s too timid to really engage those ideas, to honor their discomfort aside from how horrific discrimination is (a few scenes of the family being ambushed by racist Canadian citizens are upsetting, but played too directly for tears).
By Nick Allen FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
7.8
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Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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25% Mixed
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Production Company EMA Films
Release Date Nov 5, 2021
Duration 1 h 32 m
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Website http://www.emafilms.com/en/film/beans/
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Awards

Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Toronto International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Jutra Awards
• 3 Nominations

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