Drama with an extraordinary sense of menace and atmosphere.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 13, 2024

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Cold and intellectual philosophical exposé of how European capitalism developed out of fascism through a mystery story of "corporate soldiers" intrigue.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 14, 2008

There's no killer revelation, just a graceful telescoping of past into present and a steadily accumulating dread.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 18, 2008

At just under two-and-a-half hours, the movie is a horrible bore.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 7, 2008

Heartbeat Detector works on so many levels at once that its power is difficult to capture.

| Jul 9, 2008

As 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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 3, 2008

A searing indictment of corporate responsibility that will intrigue conspiracy theorists.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 16, 2008

An intriguing thriller with strong performances and a dense, complex script.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 15, 2008

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.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 21, 2008

Heartbeat Detector earns its points, arriving at a potent conclusion with a stealth and meticulousness that knocks the wind out of you.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 21, 2008

Heartbeat Detector doesn't really unfold; when it doesn't drag, it lurches about in fits and starts

| Mar 19, 2008

Klotz walks a perilous tightrope between profundity and pretension without ever tipping into the chasm.

| Mar 19, 2008

A cinematic flatliner that was dead on arrival.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Mar 18, 2008

Director Nicolas Klotz combines an intriguing story with a distinctive ambiance that will appeal to an audience beyond French film aficionados.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 17, 2008

A chilling corporate thriller with an intriguing mystery on the surface and a deeply troubling idea at its dark core.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 14, 2008

Intriguing, frustrating, exasperating -- the French film Heartbeat Detector succeeds best as a provocation.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 14, 2008

It seems that the old dictum of never building a house on an ancient Indian burial ground goes double, if not triple, for corporations.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 13, 2008

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.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Mar 13, 2008

It's a thin line between 20th-century Nazism and 21st-century corporate culture in Heartbeat Detector, Nicolas Klotz's rewardingly chilly psychological thriller.

| Original Score: A- | Mar 12, 2008