Writer-director Cary Joji Fukunaga (TV’s True Detective) adapts Uzodinma Iweala’s novel about the harrowing experiences of an African boy (newcomer...
Writer-director Cary Joji Fukunaga (TV’s True Detective) adapts Uzodinma Iweala’s novel about the harrowing experiences of an African boy (newcomer Abraham Attah) turned into a child soldier by a rebel forces commandant (Idris Elba).
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91 %150 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
92 %8,276 reviewsAudience score rating
"While Fukunaga creates Agu’s world with an extraordinary attentiveness to detail, he hasn’t quite found a way to approximate the novel’s radically childlike perspective..."
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Variety
Variety"Gripping, gruelling, grown-up fare. That said, some judicious trimming wouldn’t have hurt."
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Total Film
Total Film"The film can get so emotionally and spiritually punishing that it needs Elba’s industrial magnetism to keep you on side."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"Fukunaga brings flair, muscular storytelling, directness and a persuasively epic sweep to this brutal, heartrending movie."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"You can only react with varying degrees of outrage, anger, disgust, pity, empathy and, if you're a blind optimist, hope for something better."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Stark, beautifully shot... deserves to be seen."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment WeeklyBeasts of No Nation | Details
Award winner- Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Acto (Abraham Attah), Venice Film Festival 2015; Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Acotor (Idris Elba), Screen Actors Guild Awards 2016
- Runtime
- 137
- Genre
- Drama, War
- Country of origin
- USA
