Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

tx-30948 I was really excited to see the movie given the pitch and the actors, especially the lead. He's young, sexy and manly.Unfortunately, the movie turned a pain to watch on an endless series of painfully useless scenes. Who cares about seeing someone putting a cigarette in a bin, or bringing the garbage out?Only about 20% or so of the movie brings any value. What a waste!Really interesting story plots should have been explored. What about his coming out to his friends? How could he have done that (one by one, all at once)? Or maybe they could have discovered it by chance? Then, what about their reactions? This would have made excellent materials.Also, one of the lead's friend could seem ambiguous (given the way he looks), but it is hard to assess whether there is anything. The movie could have explored this path.But it's true that developing captivating stories is more difficult than filming someone walking on a street or smoking a cigarette...At the end of the day, a really frustrating experience with great materials (pitch + actors) thrown away...

Chipper Xavier Beach Rats - Beautiful, Raw, Disgusting, Reality.Chipper F. Xavier, Esq. Beach Rats is the story of Frankie, who represents the lost, wayward youth of preaent day America, vis-a-vis Brooklyn, New York. Frankie and his crew of hip young thugs drift aimlessly through society with no real thoughts of their present situation other than the temporary solace of drugs and casual sex. But Frankie is different from his friends: His dad is dying, and Frankie is sexually attracted to older men.Beach Rats, when seen as a lens through which we view directionless youth, is spot-on in terms of its clarity and sophistication. Young people, who seem to have everything they could possibly need in this age of technological plenty, are starving for meaning and purpose. Director Eliza Hittman expertly utilizes British-born Harris Dickinson as Frankie to aim a laser-focused beam of intense scrutiny on societies everywhere; addressing important issues of connection, familial bonds and community involvement which are frequently found at the heart of adolescent misbehavior. As an attractive teen struggling with a variety of personal issues, Frankie finds himself at a crossroads with only his friends, sex and drugs available for instant relief. His mother and sister are present in the background, but cannot reach him. Beach Rats offers no easy answers, no quick fix, and no Hollywood ending. Several times during sexual encounters, Frankie tells his male partners: "I don't really know what I like." Similarly, whenever the subject of his youthful friends is brought up, Frankie's response is: "Those aren't my friends." Clearly, Frankie is untruthful regarding both statements. Perhaps the director is simply underscoring the power of denial. As a movie, Beach Rats succeeds in painting a realistic portrait of the dilemma many young unfortunates find themselves in. The sharp, colorful imagery and straightforward dialogue imbue this movie with a powerful essence of truth which is both intoxicating and disturbing. Although there is no real ending, the credits roll and we realize we have witnessed the director's vision of aimlessness and despair. Watch Beach Rats with an open mind - it's well-worth your time.

reconditered This was the most pretentious movie that I have ever seen in my entire life! The protagonist is a young man who has no job, no education that we know of, is fighting against his sexual desires to be with other men, and has a group of friends that seemingly only like him due to his drug supply. As he has sexual experiences with other men, the audience suspects that he may embrace a gay sexual identity. However, he states that he doesn't identify himself as gay, and when he is with his friends, he portrays the gay video chat site as a way that he scores weed. After he and his thug friends rob Jeremy on the beach, I was hoping that they'd all end up in prison, or at the very least, the mother would throw Frankie out on the street. Throughout the film, we didn't learn anything about Frankie, his friends, his ill father, his mother, or his sister. This film starts out like Frankie is going to go on a journey to learn about himself, yet in the end, his life is just like the fireworks; it's the same thing all the time. After watching this film, I almost feel like the filmmakers were using Frankie's ambiguous sexuality as a mere ploy to garner attention and make their film appear to be much deeper and cutting edge than it actually is. All in all, I find it incredibly insulting and offensive to the entire LGBTQ community that this drivel won 7 awards!

jeffgillman It's a tough movie, a young guy struggling with his sexuality, but what a beautiful young guy, and an amazing performance. I hope he goes on to great things.