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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakPape Sidy Niang is terrific as the cop, Z, who is viewing America through a new immigrant's eyes.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceDreamlike 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.
- 70The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisA delicately funny tale about everyday surrealism.
- 70Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesQuietly unsettling in its vision of modern-day isolation.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonAn 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.
- 60VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonDistinctive, 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.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterSoulful 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.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickLooks 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.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleA bizarre original from the bizarrely original director.
- 40Film ThreatFilm ThreatThe 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.