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Beats (2019)

Drama | 96 minutes
3,53 223 votes

Genre: Drama

Duration: 96 minuten

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Brian Welsh

Stars: Cristian Ortega, Lorn Macdonald and Gemma McElhinney

IMDb score: 7,1 (5.074)

Releasedate: 17 May 2019

Beats plot

1994. Johnno and Spanner have been best friends since childhood. Now, on the threshold of adulthood, they seem to be heading in a different direction. This summer will be different for them and for the country. The party scene explodes and the biggest counter-movement in recent history takes place in the United Kingdom. Together, the boys embark on an adventure to an illegal rave: a journey to an underworld of anarchy and freedom that ends with a clash with the ruling rule of law.

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De filosoof

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The film is about youthful rebellion and true friendship where the friends go to a party together one last time and are chased by criminals and police: they may be clichés that we encounter in many films, but this film still felt very fresh.

The film is always fascinating, the friendship really moves me, the humor makes me laugh out loud and the film is really exciting as a thriller. The latter also has to do with the fact that in this film – just like in many of the better films by British directors – the English or here Scottish underside is convincingly portrayed so that you can almost physically feel the insecurity and fear. At the same time, the film also aptly sketches the illegal rave scene of the early 1990s. In that respect, the film is also socially critical: it shows the grayness of life as a result of a failing politics literally in black and white with only the music and drugs that literally bring color. The result is a wonderful film and a social-realistic document.

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McSavah

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Read some comments about bad/too soft sound in the cinema, but I think that is (also) just the mix of the film. Dialogues have a normal sound level, but the music is (indeed) too soft.

Although the film certainly has cool parts, it also disappointed me. Narratively quite hopeless, where every attempt at drama falls dead due to a combination of a lack of flow in the editing, a bad acting protagonist (the one who plays Johnno), well-trodden paths with caricatures and the everywhere fun atmosphere where there is no room for real drama which is sought. Also, the film does not work as a daze, in addition to the fact that the music is not overwhelming enough.

This year the IFFR also screened Dreissig (2019). Much more quirky and an overwhelming execution. But almost nobody realizes that.

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Woland

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Fuck them, and their law

I can quite agree with the criticism of the upstairs neighbor. The plot had quite a few easy elements, with a policeman father-in-law on one side and a criminal brother on the other. And with the great local DJ suddenly as a great friend. The girlfriend with exactly one of Fido's boyfriends as an ex. And indeed, those stories at the end were completely unnecessary. In fact, the lame stories (particularly Robert's, and Spanner's and Johnno's) nearly knocked me off half a point.

Almost, because Jesus, I just loved Beats. Maybe growing up in the 90s helps (although that didn't help with the much lesser Mid 90s), although I grew up a few years later and obviously not in Scotland. Growing up and letting loose at parties, crossing out, the cool party scenes with finally a convincing drug atmosphere, and also with the somewhat nerdy Johnno who needs some encouragement to let loose, I could identify with. A delightful portrait of the early/mid 90's, and it also showcased the nonsense of the Criminal Justice Act in a fine way. Some small points of irritation as I wrote in the beginning, but still, Spanner was a boss, and you can't go wrong with the Scottish accent with me either.

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