
The New York Times
In this lilting, lyrical work, the director Andrew Dosunmu and the writer Lena Waithe mine, mourn and tease the Whitney Houston story. Consider Beauty an elegy with an edge...
Full reviewIn this lilting, lyrical work, the director Andrew Dosunmu and the writer Lena Waithe mine, mourn and tease the Whitney Houston story. Consider Beauty an elegy with an edge...
Full reviewIt comes off dramatically stiff and overwrought, leaving us with fleeting impressions but not much in the way of solid characters and emotions.
Full reviewWaithe and Dosunmu... flirt with tense dramatic developments only to shrug them off without exploring them.
Full reviewWaithe’s script is first draft material, with on-the-nose dialogue awkwardly affected by all except Nash, who is doing her best to elevate listless material...
Full reviewDosunmu’s airless directing and Waithe’s thin script only amount to loud allegory that never goes anywhere...
Full reviewIn lieu of a throughline, Beauty offers beautiful, indulgent vignettes — aesthetically pleasing and immersive episodes lacking in ideas but full of vibes.
Full reviewBeauty (2022) is available to stream in New Zealand now on Netflix.
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