skavousi First of all, the acting is amazing. However, the story and plot is what really spoiled this movie for me. The story is very flat, there are good people and bad people and no complex character or complexity in the plot. Completely predictable. There are no layers to the story. You end up not caring about any of the characters, but also get pissed off at them all, both left and right. Very uninteresting movie.

The_Virtual_Tongue I agree with some of the other reviewers that found this awful. However, I will add that reviewers that use a movie to take a swipe at whatever their opposing political views are, are as idiotic as this movie was. If you want to see a good offbeat film about a ticking time bomb of a dinner guest waiting to go off, maybe try "Krisha". Back to "Beatrice". Paper thin stereotypes of wealthy people who got wealthy by raping and pillaging the land and a very superficial 'new age' type personality (Hayek) who apparently, despite her age of aquarius loving nature, does not apparently know how to comport herself as an invited dinner guest. Even if some of those guests don't necessarily hold the same world view as herself. I mean, No one would act the way she does...unless they were totally psychotic! She didn't come off as a drinking type or pot smoker type. So was that used as some sort of really cheap excuse for her acting how she did? Who wrote this crap??, lol Personally, no matter how much the host begged, I wouldn't accept the invitation to dine at a dinner party...especially business related. Just way too awkward and uncomfortable. However if it was just a normal family dinner, that'd be ok. In short, her whole behavior was absurd. Especially the end. So stupid, lol. The only thing I did get from this movie is how tiny Hayek appears to be.

Gareth Crook A very simple, very effective film. Hayek is fantastic, as is Lithgow. It's awkward, enthralling, beautifully paced. Set largely around a dinner party, it feels like it could be a play, with lots of substance and just the right amount of style. A real breath of fresh air.

dante-69329 Definitely not a comedy-drama. More like a personal agenda slate from a writer, producer, director, power broker, or who ever else is responsible for this film. Its more to the taste of a left-leaning liberal elite with a tunnel vision of the world and present society who define some of it as a voracious, vicious jungle where only the wealthy, environmentally shattering and 'devil take the hindmost' sort of people survive at the expense of others and their welfare in general. Its a message movie and should be suspect for its one-sided view. I rented it and got suckered in by its initial hype. Shame on me. Oh well, That's marketing.