The Beasts

"Unforgettable."

— Peter Debruge, Variety

"An engrossing rural thriller."

— Beatrice Loayza, New York Times

"Sorogoyen tells this story of steady, tense escalation with great patience."

— Roger Moore, Movie Nation

"A terrific, gripping drama that will cross cultural borders with ease. Every nation has such stories."

— Donald Clarke, The Irish Times

"From its very first minute, this searing drama of rural strife, xenophobia and cultural hostility is filled with almost unbearable tension."

— Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter

"There is, inevitably, a dash of Straw Dogs and Deliverance here, but Sorogoyen deftly steers the drama clear of exploitation cinema."

— Kevin Maher, Kevin Maher Times (UK)

"A small-scale tragedy about arrogant intolerance and self-centeredness that’s at once highly specific and, more depressing still, universal."

— Nick Schager, The Daily Beast

"Sorogoyen has made a brilliantly written, superbly acted film with the grave heft of non-fiction: a glimpse of stark truths behind that lush Galician landscape."

— Danny Leigh, Financial Times

"A riveting, merciless study of human nature, so cleverly tense throughout that even a game of dominoes becomes menacing. You didn’t know a game of dominoes could be menacing? Trust me, it can."

— Deborah Ross, The Spectator

"The sensation of observing these details fold into one another and unfold as a narrative isn’t that far off from turning the pages of a novel, or even a newspaper; that’s the journalistic effect of Sorogoyen’s filmmaking."

— Andrew Crump, Paste Magazine

"The latest from Spanish director Rodrigo Sorogoyen is a terrific psychological thriller and a brooding, muscular piece of filmmaking which makes the most of both the Galician backdrop and the imposing physicality of Menochet and, as his nemesis Xan, the remarkable Luis Zahera."

— Wendy Ide, Screen Daily