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Sexy Beast
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1517
- IMDb #1532
- Google retired #2393
- Rotten Tomatoes #1046
- Metacritic #656
- Letterboxd #692
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1354
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1249
- Metacritic Critics #750
- Metacritic Audience #680
- Criticker #978
- Douban #1992
- Kinopoisk #3320
- AlloCiné #3036
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A retired safecracker is living a peaceful life in Spain when his paradise is interrupted by the arrival of a vicious gangster from his past. The gangster is there to recruit him for one last job in London. He refuses, but the gangster uses intimidation and violence to try and force him back into a life of crime.
Details
- Director
- Jonathan Glazer
- Writers
- David Scinto, Louis Mellis
- Released
- 12 January 2001
- Country
- Spain, United Kingdom
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Awards
- 1 win, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 2 →1 win from 2 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 74th Academy Awards 2002 | Best Supporting Actor | Ben Kingsley | Nominee |
| 14th European Film Awards 2001 | Best Actor | Ben Kingsley | Winner |
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| Best Actor | Ben Kingsley | Winner |