Beats [2019]

[Sebastian Cobb]

Has anyone else seen this? It's a coming of age film about two 15 year olds having one big bash before one of them moves away from the bleak shitlole West Lothian scheme they live in. It's different from a lot of the rose tinted films about rave culture. For starters it accepts the lads are going into it in 1994, at the arse-end of the scene, it doesn't really glorify it too much. None of it is particularly over the top, apart from the pirate radio bits. It also has one of the more accurate depictions of drug taking and being on gary's that I've seen in film.

The melancholy epilogue in the credits is perfect as well.

Review
https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/beats-review-1203122457/