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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperIn a film about a magician, the most impressive trick in Sleight is how director and co-writer J.D. Dillard is able to spin such a memorable and unique tale on a micro-budget.
- 75The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezSleight is imaginative and refreshing as it shape-shifts effortlessly through familiar narrative tropes and invents something unexpected and unique.
- 75Chicago TribuneKatie WalshChicago TribuneKatie WalshSleight fuses superhero story with a tough coming-of-age tale, and it enlivens and elevates both genres into something new and different, while heralding the arrival of Latimore as a star.
- 75MTV NewsAmy NicholsonMTV NewsAmy NicholsonDillard's not interested in the Zing! Pow! Bam! Sleight is quiet, almost naturalistic, even when Bo is stopping bullets with his bare hand. To Dillard, none of this is cool.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweThe Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweDillard’s auspicious shift to features reveals an imaginative young filmmaker prepared to take manageable risks in pursuit of his personal vision.
- 70Screen DailyDavid D'ArcyScreen DailyDavid D'ArcyIt has plenty of heart and lots of fighting, but could use a little more magic.
- 60We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoWe Got This CoveredMatt DonatoThe magic here is in underground experiences and questionable decision making, all twisted like junky copper wiring that’s unraveled into something more useful.
- 50Village VoiceApril WolfeVillage VoiceApril WolfeThe director builds to one big, beautiful revelation. But the story he tells in the lead-up doesn’t distract so much as it politely asks you to stand up so that it can place the trick card under your ass.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyDarren FranichEntertainment WeeklyDarren FranichYou’d hope that a film like this could put a bold new spin on the superhero story. The reverse is true: Here we are in 2017, and even our nifty low-budget crime movies are building a cinematic universe, and saving the best stuff for the sequel.
- 25Slant MagazineSam C. MacSlant MagazineSam C. MacSleight never shows much interest in exploring how blackness can inform its genre's tropes.