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...
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Decider
It comes off dramatically stiff and overwrought, leaving us with fleeting impressions but not much in the way of solid characters and emotions.
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Time Magazine
Waithe and Dosunmu... flirt with tense dramatic developments only to shrug them off without exploring them.
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The Guardian
Waithe’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...
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IndieWire
Dosunmu’s airless directing and Waithe’s thin script only amount to loud allegory that never goes anywhere...
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Hollywood Reporter
In lieu of a throughline, Beauty offers beautiful, indulgent vignettes — aesthetically pleasing and immersive episodes lacking in ideas but full of vibes.
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Beauty (2022) is available to stream in New Zealand now on Netflix.