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My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To
Directed by
Jonathan Cuartas
NR
2020
89m
Drama
,
Horror
6.0
98%
60%
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Two mysterious siblings find themselves at odds over care for their frail and sickly younger brother.
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Cast of My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To
Patrick Fugit
Dwight / Producer
Ingrid Sophie Schram
Jessie
Owen Campbell
Thomas
Moises L. Tovar
Eduardo
Judah Bateman
Turner
Katie Preston
Pam
Waine Riches
Ned
Nancy Fong
Thrift Store Owner
Steve Brown
Tall Man
Micah White
Waitress
Adrienne Akers
Motel Clerk
Jesse Brown
Scrawny Guy
Gary McLaren
Cop
Jeffrey Hanson
Turner's Dad
Jonathan Cuartas
Director / Writer
Ian Peterson
Producer
Anthony Pedone
Producer
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To Ratings & Reviews
Knoebody
June 5, 2025
This is the kind of movie that's best going in completely blind with no information.. so weird and uncomfortable. Underrated and highly recommended
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
Cuartas is an astonishing talent for horror connoisseurs who like their films classy and textured.
Dread Central
Drew Tinnin
Taking away the mystique of the vampire legend, My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell it To invites us in to witness a rather drab and dreary life showing a family determined to stay together. Whatever the cost.
Nightmare on Film Street
Jonathan DeHaan
It's very much a dramatic arts interpretation of a horror story, but one that still excels in showcasing the emotional turmoil of a family poisoned by the blood they all share.
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
In this rusted nowhere, options are truly limited, and writer/director Jonathan Cuartas leaves their story open-ended at the beginning.
AIPT
Nathaniel Muir
An emotionally powerful and compelling movie that is impossible to turn away from. Makes interesting narrative choices that work thanks to strong performances and writing.
RogerEbert.com
Peter Sobczynski
A grimly fascinating low-fi debut from writer/director Jonathan Cuartas.
Phindie
Dan Scully
New thematic threads are being woven through an old thing, while also offering a solid platform upon which to display a handful of uncommonly good performances.
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
My Heart is beautiful and horrible in exactly the way decrepitude and illness can be.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
[T]he screenplay ... is bluntly honest about the dynamics of this family and the toll of this illness on them...
Horror Geek Life
Melissa Hannon
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To is an enthralling film with impressive performances, and a film which will linger in one's brain after watching.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
Strong performances and a significant aura of menace born from the sinewy empathy conjured for its lead protagonist, Cuartas presents a nightmare of the finest ilk, marrying the fuel of folklore to disparate realities.
The Spool
Gena Radcliffe
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To is both unsettling, and sad...bolstered by excellent performances, particularly Fugit.
New York Times
Lena Wilson
This may be dark fodder for a family project, but the result is a visually striking meditation on obligation and complicity.
PopMatters
Robert Ham
It's only Cuartas' sure-handed direction and the fine work of the main trio of actors that keeps the story's conclusion from feeling far less inevitable.
What To Watch
Matt Donato
'My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To' requires immense patience and won't be everyone's speed given how the film's empathy and sorrow rely on experience that feels double its length.
Queer.Horror.Movies.
Joe Lipsett
While the contemplative, verging on languid pacing may prove challenging to those eager for bloodshed, for audiences willing to commit to a slow burn, My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To is a treat.
Ghouls Magazine
Alix Turner
A sense of an inevitable implosion is there right from the start; as though we are watching them all simply walking towards inescapable grief.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
While "My Heart" could have used a more assertive ending than the director's screenplay comes up with, its sad, furtive characters still linger in the mind well after the blood they've spilt has dried.
Bloody Disgusting
Meagan Navarro
It's an entire meditative, brooding feature that centers on the question of how far you would go in the name of family. Cuartas captures that in the form of personal sacrifice and ruination, in the most bittersweet and devastating way.
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