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‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Hints at Soulful Depths, but the Drama Keeps Stalling in Tony Gilroy’s Wan Character Study of a Virtuoso Cellist
Tony Gilroy returns to features after 14 years’ absence — the last three of them spent in the Star Wars TV trenches as creator, showrunner and head writer on Andor — with a movie that makes itself hard to love.
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Tony Gilroy returns to feature filmmaking after a 14‑year hiatus, having spent the previous three years as creator, showrunner and head writer on the “Andor” series. His new film, Behemoth!, centers on a virtuoso cellist played by Pedro Pascal, whose passive character clashes with the actor’s warmth amid a hopscotching time structure that repeatedly stalls dramatic momentum. The movie showcases rare, thrilling sequences of an orchestra working on Hollywood scoring stages, prompting comparisons to Maestro and Tár, though the review notes the story never fully reaches their intensity. It premiered as a centerpiece on the Main Slate of the New York Film Festival, with a wider release slated for the following Friday in December.
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