Rare Beasts

Movie Ranked #1395 | 2021 - Comedy, Drama, Romance
An anti rom-com about Mandy, a career-driven single mother, who falls in love with the charming, traditionalist Pete.Mandy is a mother, a writer, a nihilist. Mandy is a modern woman in a crisis. Raising a son in the midst of a female revolution, mining the pain of her parents separation and professionally writing about a love that no longer exists, she falls upon a troubled man, Pete, who is searching for a sense of worth and belonging.
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Best two reviews:
1) - Billie Piper’s first feature-length movie as screenwriter and director may have bitten off more than it could chew, but it is a daring debut that marches to the beat of its own drum. I respect it for that and enjoyed it more often than not. (Rating: 80) Read Full Review >
2) The Guardian- Rare Beasts is a bold experiment in nerve-jangling confrontation: it has the structure and ingredients of romantic comedy but turns everything on its head. (Rating: 80) Read Full Review >

Worst two reviews:
5) - To be sure, there are moments where the film’s studied quirkiness achieves something close to Piper’s objective, but the movie is so maddeningly uneven and brazenly combative that it’s hard to surrender to its ambition. (Rating: 50) Read Full Review >
6) The Telegraph- The trouble is, Rare Beasts lacks the razor wit, merciless candour and stylistic panache of Fleabag and I May Destroy You – not to mention Piper’s own Sky Atlantic series I Hate Suzie, made after Rare Beasts with the playwright Lucy Prebble, and broadcast last year. (Rating: 40) Read Full Review >
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