30 Beats
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: July 20, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
20
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
2
Negative:
10
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40
VarietyRonnie ScheibJul 19, 2012
The jazz-scored picture relies heavily on quirkiness to round out shaky characterizations and inject interest into otherwise forgettable pairings. Read full review
40
Time OutMatt SingerJul 17, 2012
There's an interesting idea about the way people assume wildly disparate personalities to please different sexual partners, but the flaccid execution of this promiscuous–New Yorkers circle jerk is more worthy of the clap than a round of applause. Read full review
38
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsJul 20, 2012
Where the original play "La Ronde" was a social satire about the transmission of venereal disease, 30 Beats is a sickly stepchild. Read full review
38
New York PostSara StewartJul 20, 2012
There's an argument to be made that sex scenes, done to death, are best left to the imagination - but only if they're replaced by something more interesting. In 30 Beats, the conversational foreplay is hopelessly flaccid. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenJul 19, 2012
The only payoff to Lloyd's structure is that the young actress Condola Rashad, a recent Tony nominee, is allowed to appear in both the film's first scene and its final segment to bring the story full-circle, though her enigmatic, beguiling presence underlines just the sort of energy missing from the rest of the film. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJul 19, 2012
Beyond its eye candy, this wisp of a movie, inspired by Arthur Schnitzler's play "La Ronde," offers only hints of the complicated personalities behind the characters' sleek, well-toned surfaces. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneJul 19, 2012
While it lends itself to some interesting insight on the politics of non-exclusive, fuck-buddy dynamics, its characters are ultimately too one-dimensional and their dialogue too theatrical to sustain an involving cinematic experience. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedJul 18, 2012
Director Lloyd leaves it all to the imagination, but in a movie this slow and indecisive, the imagination is no longer enough when we've seen stronger stuff elsewhere. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJul 21, 2012
Everything that goes around comes around, but the roundelay in 30 Beats comes off, well, a little square. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJul 20, 2012
Clearly aiming for high artistic ground, the film doesn't even satisfy on an arousal level, with the discreet nudity and endless yakking not exactly proving a turn-on. Read full review
20
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJul 19, 2012
It means to be an interconnected story, in which one coupling leads to another in increasingly ridiculous fashion, until you're not only no longer interested, you're grinding your teeth, hoping it will end. Read full review
0
Village VoiceNick PinkertonJul 17, 2012
It is absolutely terrible. Read full review
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