Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum

Xavier Dolan is back with another madly stylish Montreal-made delight.

Boxoffice Magazine by Pam Grady

Stylish and funny.

The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias

Far from being a liability, Dolan's youthfulness gives it unmistakable vibrancy: This is a love-crazy, movie-crazy affair, laying bare its emotions just as plainly as its influences.

Time Out by Joshua Rothkopf

Though his results are sometimes raw, Dolan seems to be chronicling heartache as he discovers it. Indulge him.

Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern

Delightful and insightful romantic comedy.

Los Angeles Times by Betsy Sharkey

There are risky plot choices all along the way, but the risks are what keeps the pot boiling as the complexities of the relationship triangle heat up and cool down.

IndieWire by Eric Kohn

In a sense, Heartbeats demonstrates that Dolan has a lot on his mind as a budding filmmaker.

Observer by Rex Reed

Director Dolan gets the feeling of emptiness so right that anyone who has ever known the heartbreak of a crushing affair can easily identify, even with subtitles.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Liam Lacey

A light, slight, wry look at the beautiful and besotted, which gets away with not having much to say, thanks to its charm and excessive good looks.

NPR by Bob Mondello

Style over substance? Well, yes, but Dolan's a precocious talent (a decent actor, to boot), and at the advanced age of 21, has all the time in the world to deal with weightier matters. Heartbeats, meanwhile, is fluff - engaging, moody, visually snappy fluff.

The Hollywood Reporter

Militantly superficial and revels overmuch in its campy gay sensibility, but is sporadically fun if not taken too seriously.

Variety by Rob Nelson

Splashy colors, oddball framing, super-cool threads and cranked-up retro music supply the picture's bizarre love triangle with a dance-club atmosphere that'll seduce young audiences of most any orientation.

Movieline by Stephanie Zacharek

There's a lot that works in Heartbeats - so much that its flaws stand out in disappointingly sharp relief.

Village Voice

If Dolan is able to derive a certain comic tension from the simple threat of what could happen with these three in close quarters, he and his co-actors often spoil the mystery of the unsaid with the tells on their faces.