Behemoth!

Purposefully unfolding like a piece of classical music that’s lost its melody among a maze of overlapping leitmotifs, Tony Gilroy’s “Behemoth!” is a much slippier and more elegant thing than the scale implied by its title — the deception of which is purposeful as well.…

davidehrlich

As much a study of one man as it is of the people and the peculiar world around him. The film takes us into a strange elite bubble where wealthy, talented artists are often the children of other wealthy, talented artists. The film is about what kind of people, and what…

The Oscar Expert

Beautiful! Unexpectedly funny!

Amanda the Jedi

BEHEMOTH! is a dynamic and handsomely crafted but peculiar film from Tony Gilroy. It’s his most stylish work to date, but also an uneven one, hurt by inconsistent rhythms and some narrative shortcomings. Pedro Pascal is at least delivering a beautifully modulated, grounded…

Matt Neglia

Aggressively fine. The construction of it is fascinating but I wasn’t engrossed in the story it was in service of. I’m gonna have to allow myself the reality that I’m just not a Pedro Pascal guy. He’s better here than usual, if only because his physical conception of the…

Robert Daniels

my first nyff!! so glad I managed to catch this one <3

Florence Rose

Pascal is terrific and this has a doozy of a foot chase scene but it’s exactly the type of milquetoast awards bait that attracts an audience that not only talks throughout the movie but raises their voices whenever it dares to get louder than them (and, rest assured, this…

Justin LaLiberty

As much as I adored the structure and the music and the locations and the title(!) and the Olivia Wilde, I think we maybe need to place a moratorium on movies that are about... what this movie is ultimately about. Having said that, "Your God Is Sleeping" for Best Original…

Bobby Finger

I wasn’t expecting Behemoth to be as quiet as it was with its storytelling and writing. Pedro Pascal really kills it, giving the best performance of his career. I love how the movie uses the music the characters perform juxtaposed with the movie’s score, it flows real…

Jake Alda Coffey