Beautiful Beings

{{Infobox film

| name = Beautiful Beings

| image = Beautiful Beings poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Film poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|is|Berdreymi}}

| director = Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

| writer =

| screenplay = Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

| story =

| based_on =

| producer = Anton Máni Svansson

| starring = {{Plainlist|

Birgir Dagur Bjarkason
Áskell Einar Pálmason
Viktor Benóný Benediktsson
Snorri Rafn Frímannsson

}}

| narrator =

| cinematography = Sturla Brandth Grøvlen

| editing = Andri Steinn Guðjónsson

| music = Kristian Eidnes Andersen

| studio =

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|df=yes|2022|02|11|Berlin|2022|04|22|Iceland}}

| runtime = 123 minutes

| country = Iceland

| language = Icelandic

| budget =

| gross = $178,839{{Cite web |title=Beautiful Beings |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt13845660/?ref_=bo_se_r_11 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

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Beautiful Beings ({{langx|is|Berdreymi}}) is a 2022 Icelandic coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson.{{cite news |date=2022-12-13 |df=dmy-all |title=Beautiful Beings review – Icelandic coming-of-age tale of gangs and bullying |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/dec/13/beautiful-beings-review-stylish-but-flawed-coming-of-age-tale |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Peter |last=Bradshaw |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Leikhópurinn gríðarlega sterkur |url=https://www.mbl.is/folk/frettir/2022/04/21/leikhopurinn_gridarlega_sterkur/ |newspaper=Morgunblaðið |date=2022-04-21 |language=is}}{{cite news |last=Sumarliðason |first=Heiðar |date=2022-04-28 |title=Berdreymi: Strákarnir okkar eru ekki í lagi - Vísir |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20222252764d |newspaper=Vísir.is |language=is}}{{cite web |url=https://www.icelandicfilms.info/films/nr/2098 |title=Beautiful Beings |website=Icelandic Film Centre}} Set in the suburbs of Reykjavík during the 2000s, the film focuses on a group of teenage boys and the violence that surrounds them.{{cite podcast |url=https://kvikmyndapod.podbean.com/e/beautifulbeings/ |website=Kvikmyndapod

|date=2023-01-29 |title=Beautiful Beings (2022) aka Berdreymi}}

On 30 September 2022, the film was announced as Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/iceland-oscar-beautiful-beings-1235122819/|title=Oscars: Iceland Selects 'Beautiful Beings' As International Film Entry|website=DeadLine|access-date=23 February 2023}}

Reception

{{Rt prose|82|5.5|22}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beautiful_beings|title=Beautiful Beings|last=|first=|date=|website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=November 20, 2024|archive-url=|archive-date=}} {{Metacritic film prose|1=58|2=9}}{{cite news|last1=|first1=|title= Beautiful Beings|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/beautiful-beings|access-date=November 20, 2024|publisher=Metacritic|date=}}

In his review on Los Angeles Times, Robert Abele said that "the pacing is sometimes shaggy, and the boys’ motivations are occasionally mysterious, but Guðmundsson's young actors are magnetic in a physical, haunted way".{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-01-19/review-beautiful-beings-balances-the-brutality-and-tenderness-of-teen-adolescence|title=Review: 'Beautiful Beings' balances the brutality and tenderness of teen adolescence|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=23 February 2023}} At The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw rated it 3/5 of its grade saying that "Beautiful Beings is shot with real style, with very good performances, but the cliched and consequence-free violence is a flaw."