Fresh
Fukunaga gives the film a visual grandeur that makes it feel like it's taking place after the world has ended, and all that's left for Agu is this morass of endless, uncaring violence.
Alison Willmore, BuzzFeed News
Beasts of No Nation
Child. Captive. Killer.
2015 · 2h 17m · TV-MA
Drama, War
Directed by
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Overview
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.
Director and cast
- Cary Joji Fukunaga Director
- Abraham Attah as Agu
- Idris Elba as Commandant
- Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye as Strika
- Opeyemi Fagbohungbe as Sergeant Gaz
- Emmanuel Affadzi as Dike
- Richard Pepple as Father Friday
- Ama K. Abebrese as Mother
- Kobina Amissah-Sam as Father
- John Arthur as Angry Bush Taxi Driver
- Kurt Egyiawan as 2nd I-C
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Fukunaga's hurtling camera and taut cutting keep Beasts of No Nation only just this side of hallucinatory, and Elba is the kind of titanic actor to kick it to a near-mythic level.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
Attah is an industrious little actor, but his fall from innocence is not delineated with the same force as the carnage.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
Idris Elba gives a powerhouse performance as the warlord of a rebel African army that trains children as soldiers. The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor should have his name on it.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh
Beasts tells a broadly traumatic story and tells it well, but lacks the kinds of specifics that could make it a truly memorable film.
David Sims, The Atlantic
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