The Beast (2023) review

It's Henry James remixed and "updated" across three eras: in 1910, pianist Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux), who has a history of anxiety and "premonitions" of doom, is married to doll manufacturer Georges (Martin Scali) but becomes involved with young gentleman Louis (George MacKay), in 2014, Gabrielle is a model/actress who wants a boyfriend while Louis is "involuntarily celibate" (and deeply committed to taking revenge against women for not dating him) and in 2044, artificial intelligence has "taken over" (there's a lot of unemployment) and Gabrielle undergoes a procedure that can bring an end to generational trauma.  Bonello deserves credit for using a classic novella (The Beast in the Jungle) as a starting point and trying to apply it to the past and future ... except the final result is a jumble as it leaps around the different time frames rather haphazardly, and I certainly didn't expect the movie to reference the infamous Isla Vista mass shooting by Elliot Rodger (and repurpose the misogynistic rants he made on his cell phone).  There are plenty of ideas in here about destiny and even the possibility of 'reincarnation,' but I feel like the enormity of the project's concept proves a little too much for him - perhaps the line, "It's very inventive, but it's hard to find the emotion in it," is Bertrand giving his watchers a nudge.