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Film Review: 'Behemoth!'

Updated 2026-10-03 00:10 UTC 2 sources Positive

'Behemoth!' received a positive review from New York Film Festival, praising Pedro Pascal’s performance and Tony Gilroy's direction. The film is a lyrical love letter to the music of movies.

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Deadline

‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Hits All The Right Notes In Tony Gilroy’s Lyrical Love Letter To The Music Of The Movies – New York Film Festival

It has been 14 years since Tony Gilroy last directed a feature film, 2012’s The Bourne Legacy. Before that was Duplicity and in 2007 his sensational Oscar-nominated Michael Clayton. He has been busy though, notably the critically acclaimed TV series Andor, but it is good to see his rare sophis

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Variety

‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Is a Classical Cellist Skating Through a Midlife Crisis in Tony Gilroy’s Elevated Bauble of a Music Drama

"Behemoth!" is a classical-musician movie. It’s a midlife-crisis movie. It’s a romantic mystery. It’s Tony Gilroy fiddling around with pure movie form.

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