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Movie Info

The destinies of numerous lowlifes converge and come crashing down.

Genre:

crime, mystery and thriller, drama
Original Language:

Korean
Director:

Kim Yong-Hoon
Producer:

Won-seok Jang
Release Date (Theaters):

Oct 21, 2020 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 15, 2020
Runtime:

1h 49m
Production Co:

Megabox Plus M

Cast & Crew

Jeon Do-yeon
Yeon-Hee

Woo-sung Jung
Tae-Young

Yuh-Jung Youn
Soon-Ja

Kim Yong-Hoon
Director

Won-seok Jang
Producer

Critic Reviews for Beasts Clawing at Straws

All Critics (28) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (27) | Rotten (1)

"Beasts Clawing at Straws" is obvious in its influences - a little Coen Brothers here, a little Tarantino there, all seasoned with a sprinkling of Hitchcock paranoia - but Yong-hoon manages to give them his own twist.

December 2, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Cary Darling
Houston Chronicle
It's a wicked, twist-filled winner.

November 11, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Randy Myers
San Jose Mercury News
"Beasts Clawing at Straws" could just as well be called "Beasts Toying with Clichés" if it weren't such an amusing, echt Korean romp.

February 20, 2020 | Full Review…

Jay Weissberg
Variety
This almost Coen-sian tale of ordinary folks undone by greed is a lot smarter than than its occasionally crude execution would have you believe.

February 3, 2020 | Full Review…

Wendy Ide
Screen International
Beasts Clawing At Straws demands attention and patience, but thus happily ends up amply rewarding both.

January 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Neil Young
Hollywood Reporter
Serves up a delicious blend of crime noir and black comedy.

January 28, 2021 | Rating: 4 / 5 | Full Review…

Louisa Moore
Screen Zealots
The unfortunate thing about Beasts Clawing at Straws is that it tries to force entertainment through shock value instead of investing in the characters. By the end, all that's left is ashes and blood, and an emotionless void.

January 2, 2021 | Full Review…

Soham Gadre
Film Inquiry
A hoot- a crime thriller with more than a touch of humor.

December 18, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Stephen Silver
Goomba Stomp/Tilt Magazine
Yong-hoon offers a refreshing update on a cliched genre with this examination of absurdity, stupidity, and criminality.

December 17, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Nick Davie
One Room With A View
The shadow of author James M. Cain looms large over Yong-hoon Kim's "Beasts Clawing at Straws," a twisty-turny piece of neo-noir that revels in the tale's dark humor and instances of cruel fate that befall its cast of luckless characters.

December 17, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0 | Full Review…

Charles Koplinski
Reel Talk with Chuck and Pam
I don't know the last time I've truly enjoyed a ride a movie has taken me on more than Beasts Clawing at Straws.

December 14, 2020 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

Tom Santilli
Movie Show Plus
Doomed by their own wayward pursuit of ill-gotten gains, all these characters here are on barrelling descents towards sticky ends, and so together their plots form a messily moral mosaic, lit in noirish neons, of greed's corrupting power.

December 13, 2020 | Full Review…

Anton Bitel
Projected Figures

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