What is BEEF about?
Minor conflicts spiral into consuming feuds between individuals, exposing pride, resentment, and hidden pain.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
Two strangers' road rage escalates into a darkly comedic feud, revealing their most primal, satirical impulses.
Dark satire. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Netflix.
BEEF parents guide
It stays inside its TV-MA, with moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Three questions
- How gory is BEEF?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is BEEF rated, and is it OK for kids?
- It is a TV-MA, with moderate sex and nudity, strong violence, and frequent strong language. Keep it for adults.
Cast and crew
Created byLee Sung Jin
StarringOscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny, Charles Melton, Youn Yuh-jung, Song Kang-ho
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