Heartbeat Detector works on so many levels at once that its power is difficult to capture.
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07/09/08
Heartbeat Detector (2008)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:8
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.2/10
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
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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 CriticThough 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 CriticKlotz walks a perilous tightrope between profundity and pretension without ever tipping into the chasm.
03/19/08
Top CriticIntriguing, frustrating, exasperating -- the French film Heartbeat Detector succeeds best as a provocation.
03/14/08
Top CriticIt'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
Top CriticIt has haunted me ever since I saw it, with its implied foreboding for the future. Implied and justified in my opinion, and it may become yours if you choose to catch Heartbeat Detector.
03/12/08
Top CriticBoth pertinent and discomfiting, this sober, well-cast drama remains quietly riveting, despite its 140-minute running time.
05/19/07
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