Beating Hearts
StudioCanal | Release Date: TBA CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
IndieWireArjun SajipMay 24, 2024
Lellouche may not be an original, but he is a committed craftsman and an avid synthesizer of forms, and if there’s one thing this starry-eyed epic demonstrates, it’s that even well-worn genres can be enlivened by sincerity, surprises and visual punch — in other words, a bit of ouf. Read full review
80
The Film VerdictOris AigbokhaevboloMay 24, 2024
An epic tale of love, revenge, youth, rage, and class, Beating Hearts (original French title L’Amour Ouf) is an extraordinarily lively work of cinema. Read full review
60
VarietyGuy LodgeMay 24, 2024
Beating Hearts never bores, least of all when François Civil and the ever-electric Adèle Exarchopoulos take over as the young lovers’ adult (but far from grown-up) incarnations, while the consistent, cartwheeling kineticism with which Lellouche and DP Laurent Tangy shoot the whole thing is an ongoing rush. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonMay 24, 2024
Adele Exarchopoulos and Francois Civil may be top-billed, but this unapologetically sentimental drama actually works better in its first half when their adolescent counterparts take centre stage, seizing on the irrepressible excitement of first love. Read full review
42
The PlaylistGregory EllwoodMay 24, 2024
As the film progresses, the narrative choices somehow become even less believable and Lellouche begins to throw everything and the kitchen sink at the screen. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 24, 2024
Civil and Exarchopoulos (and Frikah and Wanecque) give it everything they’ve got and that is a great deal. But this can’t prevent Beating Hearts being an unsatisfying experience. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerMay 24, 2024
A hodgepodge of movie clichés and overwrought scenes, directed with zero tact and plenty of pounding needle drops, actor-turned-director Lellouche’s third stab at the helm after his rather likeable ensemble comedy, Sink or Swim, is less a disappointment than a serious assault on the viewer’s intelligence. Read full review
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