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The Beat That My Heart Skipped
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75 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critics What's this?

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8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

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  • Director: Jacques Audiard
  • Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Romance, Crime, Music
  • Rating: Unrated
  • Runtime: 108 min
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 32
  3. Negative: 1 out of 32
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    As stylish as it is suspenseful.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    It lacks "Fingers" searing, explosive vitality.
  3. The New Republic
    Reviewed by: Stanley Kauffmann
    30
    Contrivances accrue so thickly that the source seems to be not 1978 Toback, but 1930s Warner Brothers. The film sweats to be up-to-date with ultra-hectic editing, pace, elision, and sangfroid, but they can't verify the pasteboard base.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. TimothyD.
    9
    Intense, compelling, emotionally complex, with great work by Duris, the male lead, who brings subtlety and urgency to what could have been a terminally unsympathetic character. I don't know that I could say I enjoyed much of it, but I couldn't stop watching -- in this case that is a high compliment.… Expand
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