75
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43 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeIn a stroke of combined wisdom and humility, rather than pretending to have the answers, Casal and Diggs are content to pose the questions, relying on their considerable wit and comedic charm to present such tricky topics in refreshingly engaging fashion.
- 83The PlaylistGregory EllwoodThe PlaylistGregory EllwoodYes, you’ll likely leave the theater blown away by Casal and Diggs’ considerable talent, but its Estrada’s vision that will haunt you.
- 70Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonAs led by Daveed Diggs’ impassioned, tormented performance, Blindspotting is hard to shake, despite its on-the-nose plot points and melodramatic flourishes.
- 67The Film StageDaniel SchindelThe Film StageDaniel SchindelThere is undeniable craft here, and an impossible-to-ignore signal that everyone involved in the project deserves attention going forward. What does work is strong, sometimes powerful.
- 60Vanity FairRichard LawsonVanity FairRichard LawsonBlindspotting never settles into a consistent cadence. This isn’t exactly a problem, in theory—movies can contain multitudes, of course—but in this trio’s overeager execution, all that chaos renders the movie curiously inert.
- 55TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeCo-stars and co-writers Daveed Diggs (“Wonder”) and Rafael Casal have a lot to say, much of it funny and/or provocative, but neither they nor first-time feature director Carlos López Estrada can figure out a way to shape all this material into a cohesive film.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyCarlos Lopez Estrada’s debut feature brandishes brash exuberance and stilted storytelling tropes in roughly equal measure, yielding a result that stimulates just as it cheapens itself dramatically.
- 30New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaNew York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaIt’s not that Blindspotting doesn’t have important points to make about how individuals live in a collective history of racialized violence. It’s that it has a hard time making those points feel organic to the story and style, whether it’s going for realism or over-the-top musical-theater territory.