30 Beats
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  • Summary: An ensemble of New Yorkers interconnect via a string of life-changing sexual encounters during a summer heat wave. 30 Beats follows ten characters drawn into a ring of love and desire, each one caught beyond his or her control in a chain reaction of seduction, impulses and self-discovery. (Roadside Attractions)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 0 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 10 out of 12
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    Jul 19, 2012
    40
    The jazz-scored picture relies heavily on quirkiness to round out shaky characterizations and inject interest into otherwise forgettable pairings.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Sara Stewart
    Jul 20, 2012
    38
    There's an argument to be made that sex scenes, done to death, are best left to the imagination - but only if they're replaced by something more interesting. In 30 Beats, the conversational foreplay is hopelessly flaccid.
  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Joe Williams
    Jul 20, 2012
    38
    Where the original play "La Ronde" was a social satire about the transmission of venereal disease, 30 Beats is a sickly stepchild.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mark Olsen
    Jul 19, 2012
    30
    The only payoff to Lloyd's structure is that the young actress Condola Rashad, a recent Tony nominee, is allowed to appear in both the film's first scene and its final segment to bring the story full-circle, though her enigmatic, beguiling presence underlines just the sort of energy missing from the rest of the film.

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