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58 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Paula Nechak
    75
    Pape Sidy Niang is terrific as the cop, Z, who is viewing America through a new immigrant's eyes.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Rob Nelson
    70
    Dreamlike in style, Police Beat is also a real-world vision of what American indies could be if they dared to recognize the drama in our own neighborhoods.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    70
    A delicately funny tale about everyday surrealism.
  4. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    70
    Quietly unsettling in its vision of modern-day isolation.
  5. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    63
    An offbeat, poetic piece that eschews the terse, hard-boiled style of the standard cop movie or TV show for something softer-centered and more nakedly emotional.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    60
    Distinctive, physically ravishing indie is a natural for fests, but it's questionable whether this sometimes involving, sometimes obscure pic will have appeal beyond the specialty market.
  7. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: James Greenberg
    50
    Soulful performance by non-pro Pape Sidy Niang as the bicycle-riding police officer Z, gives the film a poetic tone, but cumulative impact is diffused rather than enhanced by the fractured form.
  8. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    Looks great, and the performances are solid, but the disparate elements in this oddity - which created a minor stir at the Sundance Film Festival last year - never entirely coalesce.
  9. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    50
    A bizarre original from the bizarrely original director.
  10. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Peter Hanson
    40
    The most frustrating aspect of Police Beat is that it's clear everyone involved has great talent...Too bad all their efforts are lost in the service of pointless material.
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