... an effective study of character and what’s really important in our lives ...

Full Review | May 12, 2023

Chlöe Sevigny turns in a richly layered performance as a conflicted dinner guest.

Full Review | Dec 14, 2022

Sit back and go wow, watching these two spark

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jul 2, 2021

Director Miguel Arteta's short-but-powerful film is a window into the soul of a hard-working Mexican immigrant, and feels even more poignant given the current situation in Trump's America. Seek it out.

Full Review | May 18, 2021

Alternately fatalistic and hopeful, Beatriz at Dinner is a roller coaster of emotional payoff, taking a small and modest offering and exploding what one's expectations might be for a film about people sitting around a dinner table talking.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 24, 2020

The problem is that the filmmakers here are so far removed from what is driving the immense social anger and alienation of the population, including the anger and alienation...

Full Review | Aug 27, 2020

The film is deliberately provocative, as if it's daring you to look away. I wouldn't if I were you.

Full Review | May 8, 2020

It's a film that looks good, sounds good, has great performances, and does not handhold the viewer through everything going on, every opinion they should form about the characters and their lives.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 17, 2020

Beatriz's shock comes neither from the guests' wealth nor their off-color comments, but the cruelty and callous indifference that so often accompanies them.

Full Review | Mar 12, 2020

The cast knows exactly what kind of film they're making, and there's not a single performance out of step.

Full Review | Feb 19, 2020

It's an intriguing premise and a compelling piece akin to watching a stage play.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 21, 2019

Basically this movie is the liberal equivalent of Christian movies that just tell the viewers what they want to hear and how much better they are than those evil atheists.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/10 | Mar 7, 2019

Miguel Arteta and Mike White have nailed this one. Without a doubt, Beatriz at Dinner will become a talking point around dinner tables worldwide. If there was ever a film we need to see, it is this. Thank you Sundance.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 4, 2019

Hayek's performance is only as strong as the forces she goes up against.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 2, 2018

Beatriz at Dinner is a movie that deals with topics of a political nature without feeling an overt polemic, and that's simply because the characters are well-defined and the laughs, though sparse, are big.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 31, 2018

Despite a magical realism detour into revenge at one point, the film ends with thought-provoking surprise. It's one not to miss.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 24, 2018

Beatriz at Dinner gallops to its finish line while managing to take you on a rollercoaster ride filled with awkwardness, phony niceties, and the meeting of two polar opposites.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 5, 2018

With the help of exceptional performances from Hayek and Lithgow, and an exemplary supporting cast, the film builds tension with exquisite slowness.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 27, 2018

It's hard to see where to land... and Beatriz at Dinner doesn't stick the landing. But Hayek, all serenity slowly leaving her face, will stick with you.

Full Review | Aug 27, 2018

Hayek's performance is very affecting, but there is not enough else in this film to make it truly successful as a story; it is more of a character study.

Full Review | Aug 23, 2018