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Metascore
26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThis film has what its title implies: a heartbeat. It is full of cinematic life.
- 83The Film StageJordan RuimyThe Film StageJordan RuimyThrough effective direction, the activism on display here is inspiring enough to rile one up to set aside preoccupations and try to make a difference in the world.
- 83The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicThe PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicThe film delves deep into the soul of a fundamentally important cause, with a slice-of-life look at a time in history that feels incredible urgent in today’s torn-up world.
- 80Screen DailyAllan HunterScreen DailyAllan HunterBPM (Beats Per Minute) is a moving, lump-in-the-throat love story but should also resonate on a political level as a testimony to the power of activism to awaken an indifferent world.
- 75Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezIn between raids, in between the meetings with ACT UP members and those who hold the keys to their possible survival, BPM is at its most intimate when observing the exchange of war stories.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyHis new film acquires considerable urgency and raw emotional power in the closing stretch. But at just under two-and-a-half talky hours it's almost maddeningly protracted, maintaining a somewhat cold intellectual approach that might have been improved by greater emphasis on the beautiful scenes of intimacy, tenderness, naked fear and helplessness that punctuate the action.
- 60CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleCampillo doesn't edit for our comfort and we feel both the tragedy and the boredom of death.