CFF Review: ‘My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To’

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by Jessica Scott

Blood is the tie that binds a family together (a biological one, at least), and therein lies the rub. Those ties can be a source of comfort or they can be a form of bondage; oftentimes, they’re both. Writer-director Jonathan Cuartas’s feature debut My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To examines these family bonds and asks: How far are you willing to go for your family, and how far are you willing to go to escape them? 

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