Cold and intellectual philosophical exposé of how European capitalism developed out of fascism through a mystery story of "corporate soldiers" intrigue.
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12/14/08
Heartbeat Detector (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 19
Rotten:6
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Consensus: Gripping and provocative psychological thriller about corporate responsibility remains tense throughout and despite its long running time.
Theatrical Release:Mar 14, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: This corporate thriller from France follows company psychologist Simon Kessler (Mathieu Amalric, THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY) who is assigned with investigating a CEO who executives fear is... [More]
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Michael Lonsdale, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Lou Castel
Director: Nicolas Klotz
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Reviews for Heartbeat Detector
There's no killer revelation, just a graceful telescoping of past into present and a steadily accumulating dread.
10/18/08
At just under two-and-a-half hours, the movie is a horrible bore.
08/07/08
Heartbeat Detector works on so many levels at once that its power is difficult to capture.
07/09/08
Top CriticAs driven by linguistics and euphemism as this film is, it's also a slippery and wonderfully acted drama%u2014Michael Clayton with a far more troubling moral landscape.
07/03/08
Top CriticA searing indictment of corporate responsibility that will intrigue conspiracy theorists.
05/16/08
An intriguing thriller with strong performances and a dense, complex script.
05/15/08
A confronting examination of human evil in all its enduring banality, Heartbeat Detector takes a crooked path towards its bid for some straight talking.
05/09/08
Though it is in part a stinging commentary on the soullessness of the corporate suit, Nicolas Klotz's film is extremely slow to get on track.
03/21/08
Top CriticHeartbeat Detector earns its points, arriving at a potent conclusion with a stealth and meticulousness that knocks the wind out of you.
03/21/08
Top CriticHeartbeat Detector doesn't really unfold; when it doesn't drag, it lurches about in fits and starts
03/19/08
Klotz walks a perilous tightrope between profundity and pretension without ever tipping into the chasm.
03/19/08
Top CriticA cinematic flatliner that was dead on arrival.
03/18/08
Director Nicolas Klotz combines an intriguing story with a distinctive ambiance that will appeal to an audience beyond French film aficionados.
03/17/08
A chilling corporate thriller with an intriguing mystery on the surface and a deeply troubling idea at its dark core.
03/14/08
Where Michael Clayton assumed the viewers’ utter naïveté regarding corporate malfeasance, Heartbeat Detector’s corrosive look at business culture rests on too overdetermined -- and at times outlandish -- a premise.
03/14/08
Intriguing, frustrating, exasperating -- the French film Heartbeat Detector succeeds best as a provocation.
03/14/08
Top CriticIt seems that the old dictum of never building a house on an ancient Indian burial ground goes double, if not triple, for corporations.
03/13/08
Director Nicholas Klotz's subtle suspense film Heartbeat Detector comes across like a hybrid of Heart Of Darkness and Michael Clayton, digging into the roots of a psychosis affecting a veteran corporate lackey.
03/13/08
It's a thin line between 20th-century Nazism and 21st-century corporate culture in Heartbeat Detector, Nicolas Klotz's rewardingly chilly psychological thriller.
03/12/08
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