Police Beat
Northwest Film Forum / WigglyWorld Studios | Release Date: April 28, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
Pape Sidy Niang is terrific as the cop, Z, who is viewing America through a new immigrant's eyes. Read full review
70
Village VoiceRob Nelson
Dreamlike in style, Police Beat is also a real-world vision of what American indies could be if they dared to recognize the drama in our own neighborhoods. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
A delicately funny tale about everyday surrealism. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Quietly unsettling in its vision of modern-day isolation. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
An offbeat, poetic piece that eschews the terse, hard-boiled style of the standard cop movie or TV show for something softer-centered and more nakedly emotional. Read full review
60
VarietyJoe Leydon
Distinctive, physically ravishing indie is a natural for fests, but it's questionable whether this sometimes involving, sometimes obscure pic will have appeal beyond the specialty market. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJames Greenberg
Soulful performance by non-pro Pape Sidy Niang as the bicycle-riding police officer Z, gives the film a poetic tone, but cumulative impact is diffused rather than enhanced by the fractured form. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Looks great, and the performances are solid, but the disparate elements in this oddity - which created a minor stir at the Sundance Film Festival last year - never entirely coalesce. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
A bizarre original from the bizarrely original director. Read full review
40
Film ThreatPeter Hanson
The most frustrating aspect of Police Beat is that it's clear everyone involved has great talent...Too bad all their efforts are lost in the service of pointless material. Read full review
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