An aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn struggles to escape his bleak home life and navigate questions of self-identity, as he balances his time between his delinquent friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online.
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- Charles LondonMarch 17, 2025"Beach Rats" may have been produced on a limited budget and for a limited audience, but there are no limits on one's capacity to appreciate Eliza Hittman's vision. Her story of an aimless young man living a double life strikes many chords. Harris Dickinson, in his first feature film, brings the perfect balance of sensitivity and machismo to a brooding NYC youth trying to find himsel and be himself in an environment where self image matters more than self honesty. Though this cinematic theme has been explored before, Hittman's turn through the streets, parks and beaches of southern Brooklyn, coupled with newcomer Dickinson's chiseled good looks and captivating performance, make this movie worthy of it's film-festival accolades.
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Beach Rats was released on November 22, 2017.
Beach Rats was directed by Eliza Hittman.
Beach Rats has a runtime of 1h 39m.
Beach Rats was produced by Shrihari Sathe, Brad Becker-Parton, Paul S. Mezey, Andrew Goldman, Drew P. Houpt.
An aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn struggles to escape his bleak home life and navigate questions of self-identity, as he balances his time between his delinquent friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online.
The key characters in Beach Rats are Frankie (Harris Dickinson), Simone (Madeline Weinstein), Donna (Kate Hodge).
Beach Rats is rated R.
Beach Rats is a Drama, Romance film.
Beach Rats has an audience rating of 5.7 out of 10.
Beach Rats has made $487K at the box office.