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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittAs stylish as it is suspenseful.
- 100The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisAudiard's superb remake improves on the original significantly, investing it with aesthetic grandeur and emotional depth.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe 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.
- 80The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyAudiard'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.
- 80The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayAs tense and taut as any crime saga, but the stakes are more personal.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttBeat has a moody, furtive quality that jibes perfectly with the perplexed life of a pianist-gangster.
- 70TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelOut 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.
- 60VarietyEddie CockrellVarietyEddie CockrellStands reasonably well on its own as an urgent, updated genre meditation on nurture vs. nature.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghIt lacks "Fingers" searing, explosive vitality.
- 50Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonAs it is, Duris, capable and dull, is no Keitel, 2005 is no 1978, and The Beat That My Heart Skipped is no "Fingers."