Audiard's superb remake improves on the original significantly, investing it with aesthetic grandeur and emotional depth.
83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The Beat That My Heart Skipped lacks the screw-loose existential vibrance of "Fingers," yet it teases out a romantic underside to the original I never quite knew was there.
Audiard's work is tense, vivid, and alert, and he's got the right actor as Tom, an irresistibly attractive guy who's pushing thirty yet has no more control over his impulses than a chaotic boy.
80
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
As tense and taut as any crime saga, but the stakes are more personal.
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Beat has a moody, furtive quality that jibes perfectly with the perplexed life of a pianist-gangster.
70
TimeRichard Schickel
TimeRichard Schickel
Out of a borrowed and preposterous premise, Audiard has fashioned a film that is more haunting--and more compellingly watchable--than it has any right to be.