30 Beats (2012) 3.7
A summer heat wave and a series of sexual encounters connect a group of New Yorkers. Director:Alexis LloydWriter:Alexis Lloyd |
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30 Beats (2012) 3.7
A summer heat wave and a series of sexual encounters connect a group of New Yorkers. Director:Alexis LloydWriter:Alexis Lloyd |
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The Virgin - Julie
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| Justin Kirk | ... |
The Anthropologist - Adam
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| Jennifer Tilly | ... |
The Psychic - Erika
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| Jason Day | ... |
The Bike Messenger - Diego
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| Paz de la Huerta | ... |
The Girl with a Scar - Laura
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| Lee Pace | ... |
The Chiropractor - Matt
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| Vahina Giocante | ... |
The Operator - Kim
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| Thomas Sadoski | ... |
The Speechwriter - Julian
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| Ingeborga Dapkunaite | ... |
The Call-Girl - Alice
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| Ben Levin | ... |
The Young Man - Sean
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David Forman | ... |
Radio DJ
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| Antone Pagan | ... |
Harlem Concierge
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Aliyaah Hashi | ... |
The Other Girl
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| Ronald Guttman | ... |
Sean's Father
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Jean Rene Mbeng | ... |
Man with Ice Pack
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New York City, in the heart of summer: a heat wave transforms the city into a tropical zone. Ten characters are drawn, one after the other, into a ring of love and desire, each one caught beyond his or her control in a chain reaction of seduction, impulses and self-discovery. Written by Alexis Lloyd
This film sounds good on paper and even has a decent cast but it never engages you. It feels like a film that has something missing, as if it's incomplete? Jennifer Tilly (Liar Liar) and Justin Kirk (Weeds) give decent performances as do Paz de la Huerta (I love her in Boardwalk Empire) and Lee Pace (Lincoln, Breaking Dawn 2 and The Hobbit). Alexis Lloyd has written and directed this and is obviously passionate about this project. It shows throughout the movie, in the performances, production, even in the smallest of gestures made by the actors you feel Alexis Lloyd is trying to tell us something but for the life of me I don't know what it is, have lots of sex? For a first feature and one million dollars it's not bad but it lacked cohesion.
One for the Art-house crowd. I just can't bring myself to recommend this but hey, what do I know?
Score: 5.5/10
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