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  • 2022
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  • 2022
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  • Netflix
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary A gifted young Black woman struggles to maintain her voice and identity after she’s offered a lucrative recording contract, setting off a fierce battle between her family, the label, and her closest friend to determine who will guide her as she makes the journey to become a star.

Directed By: Andrew Dosunmu

Written By: Lena Waithe, Lindsay Dickens

  • 2022
  • R
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2022
  • R
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 35 m

Beauty

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary A gifted young Black woman struggles to maintain her voice and identity after she’s offered a lucrative recording contract, setting off a fierce battle between her family, the label, and her closest friend to determine who will guide her as she makes the journey to become a star.

Directed By: Andrew Dosunmu

Written By: Lena Waithe, Lindsay Dickens

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
42
14% Positive
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71% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
42
14% Positive
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71% Mixed
5 Reviews
14% Negative
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70
Jun 30, 2022
Consider Beauty an elegy with an edge, one that touches on faith and financials, love and condemnation.
By Lisa Kennedy FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 30, 2022
Beauty ends before it has really dug into anything of consequence. Its heroine, whom we know is headed for trouble, is left stranded in the middle of her own story.
By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW
42
Jul 1, 2022
Its soundtrack is enjoyable, and Dosunmu’s work with director of photography Benoît Delhomme is pleasing to the eye. However, the slightness and muddled storytelling of Beauty mar a film which at times feels it has something to say.
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40
Jul 1, 2022
While Beauty doesn’t really work, it does fail in interesting ways.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 29, 2022
In lieu of a throughline, Beauty offers beautiful, indulgent vignettes — aesthetically pleasing and immersive episodes lacking in ideas but full of vibes.
By Lovia Gyarkye FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 29, 2022
Dosunmu, an established music video director, assembles beautiful shots of longing, pain, yearning, closeness and jealousy between Beauty and girlfriend Jazz (Aleyse Shannon). But strung together by Waithe’s too-spare script, they feel isolated and go nowhere.
By Adrian Horton FULL REVIEW
33
Jun 29, 2022
Dosunmu’s airless directing and Waithe’s thin script only amount to loud allegory that never goes anywhere and drowns out any compelling ideas that might be worth singing.
By Kristen Lopez FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Media Res, Hillman Grad
Release Date Jun 29, 2022
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating R
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Tagline Life Will Show You Who You Really Are.
Website https://www.netflix.com/title/81044100/
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• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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