Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- paranoid
- oppressive
- surreal
- late night viewing
- film discussion night
What critics said
The very limited available audience ratings are strongly positive, though there is insufficient critical commentary for a firm consensus.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Reyes enters a feature production to pursue acting, but the screenplay and production gradually become mechanisms of mental deterioration.
Reyes's acting role increasingly interferes with his sense of self and ordinary life.
The wicked screenplay within the feature production drives the film's unsettling confusion between authored performance and lived experience.
Reyes's chance to become an actor transforms his hopes of escape from a dead-end job into a nightmare.
Films like Bestiary, and why
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
shared metafictional structure, escalating psychological instability, and anxiety about artistic identity
Adaptation.
shared film-within-a-film premise, corrosive ambition, and blurred boundaries between performance and reality
Synecdoche, New York
shared surreal self-reflexivity, existential unease, and a protagonist overwhelmed by constructed identities
Movie Details
- Director
- Julio Rionaldo
- Release Date
- 2025-08-01
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Rating
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
Cast
- Sulthan Yassar
- Tamara Ana G.
- Chanceline Ebel
- Ben Nugroho
- Felicia Caroline
- Julio Rionaldo
- Fadhil Abhimantra
- Farhan La Galigo
- Amarl Al-Kautsar
- Alya Rizky Kinanti
Common questions
- What is Bestiary about?
- A desperate would-be actor finds his dream production turning the screenplay he performs into a machinery of psychological collapse.
- What is Bestiary like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Bestiary as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Bestiary violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Bestiary.
- What did critics think of Bestiary?
- The very limited available audience ratings are strongly positive, though there is insufficient critical commentary for a firm consensus.
- Which films are like Bestiary?
- Films with a similar feel include Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Adaptation., and Synecdoche, New York.
- How long is Bestiary?
- Bestiary runs 125 minutes.
