The Beat That My Heart Skipped

"Stirs up a delicious mixture of Alfred Hitchcock-style suspense, hard-boiled action and exquisite musical reflection!" 

"It's more than a simple improvement, inverting some of the original's qualities so that the impersonal, well-crafted filmmaking remains lucid throughout. Even more unexpectedly, the piano lessons taken by the hero (Romain Duris, very fine) from a Vietnamese woman who speaks no French are more highly charged than any of the violence". 

"Superb remake, which improves on the original significantly. (...) it's essential viewing". 

"Pic successfully retools the story from 1970s New York to contempo Paris (...) Duris’ charismatic perf will keep auds transfixed" 

"A 'Beat' not to skip (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"[It] is as tense and taut as any crime saga, but the stakes are more personal. Every shaky close-up and whip-pan conveys a sense of time running out." 

"A work of authority, maturity and intensity that improves on Toback's original film without appearing to patronise or despise it." 

"After seeing this extraordinary film, you might prefer your kids to give up practising their scales."