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Blast Beat

2020

Mateo Arias, Moises Arias, Kali Uchis, Diane Guerrero ...

Drama On the cusp of the year 2000, colombian brothers Carly (Mateo Arias) and Mateo (Moises Arias) prepare to move to the United States for their last years of high school. Metalhead Carly has his heart set on attending the Georgia Aerospace Institute and working for NASA, while his supportive parents (Diane Guerrero and Wilmer Valderrama) seize the chance to escape the political turmoil in Colombia and chase the American Dream. At first, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Amy Nicholson Variety	"An earnest dual coming-of-age drama (...) the film’s sincerity nearly balances its wonky plotting."	NEU
United States	Carlos Aguilar The Wrap	"[The] movie is the rare work of art that viscerally understands the immigrant experience but is cerebral enough not to oversimplify it"	POS
United States	Glenn Heath Jr. The Film Stage	"While both central performances give Blast Beat an inescapable urgency, the film can’t overcome its decision to embrace tired genre tropes that ultimately mark the screenplay."	NEU
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"There's plenty of potential here to bring original insights to the immigrant experience, but not enough skill in the plotting or execution to tap into it."	NEU
United States	Rafael Motamayor The Playlist	"When it focuses on the turbulent relationship between the two brothers, it keeps the story grounded in emotion"	POS
United States	Jeffrey M. Anderson Common Sense Media	"Cluttered with too many ideas, this drama still gets credit for its three-dimensional portrayal of the immigrant experience in America and its love-hate portrait of brothers."	NEU

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