Lucky Number Slevin
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: April 7, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
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Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
22
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Hartnett has been stuck in the young-adult heartthrob mode for some time now, but this comic thriller may launch him into meatier fare. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Some of what occurs in Lucky Number Slevin is done with a wink and a nod, although McGuinan (á là Tarantino) doesn't skimp on the gore. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
The talk is witty, the twists are ingenious, the look and the mood are drop-dead. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia Puig
This pop-culture-infused mistaken-identity thriller ultimately grabs hold and beguiles, though its convoluted plot takes a while to get going. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Smilovic's rapid-fire, Tarantino-esque dialogue is consistently razor-sharp, and the elaborate set design - which leans heavily towards shiny, riotously patterned wallpaper - is an eyeball-jangling blast. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Lucky Number Slevin would be too clever for its own good if it weren't so ... darn clever. This violent flick is not in the same league as "The Sting," which has my vote for the cleverest winding road toward a happy ending in screenwriting history, but it contains nearly as deft a con job as that 1973 film. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleNeva Chonin
For the most part, though, it works as a clever thriller that entertains through purposeful misdirection. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The film is stylish as hell with sharp dialogue, a tongue-in-cheek plot and visual and editing razzle-dazzle. Read full review
70
TimeRichard Schickel
The story never runs completely off the rails and is, in any event, just a pretext for a lot of very sharp badinage by Jason Smilovic--a screenwriter who would have been at home writing for Cary Grant--for yards of terrific movie acting and for some well-timed direction by Paul McGuigan. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
A thriller that holds less interest - and less water - the more it reveals about what's actually going on. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
They almost got it really right with Lucky Number Slevin, but they also almost got it horribly wrong. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The most original thing about Lucky Number Slevin is that it lets Lucy Liu play a screwball heroine. Read full review
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