Naked Singularity
Screen Media Films | Release Date: August 6, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzAug 6, 2021
There's something off-kilter about it, in a good way. It has a confidence that might not be earned but is still enjoyable to see. It's tapping into something true and knows it. Read full review
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The Film StageJared MobarakAug 2, 2021
While the concept remains sound as the backdrop for a frustrated public defender choosing the riskier road less traveled to make his mark and a difference when every other version of himself would balk, it has us believing the surreal visual anomalies sprinkled amidst the heist have purpose beyond superficial thematic reinforcement. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyApr 15, 2021
The brisk pacing and capable cast still can't quite mask a certain routine feel in a movie without much heart. Read full review
42
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 3, 2021
Naked Singularity is the work of an untested filmmaker who knows how to streamline but lacks the chutzpah to swing for the fences. Read full review
40
The GuardianCath ClarkeJan 2, 2022
Not even an impending apocalypse adds much in the way of urgency. Still, Boyega is very credible and at 29 he’s beginning to look like a leading man with real gravitational pull. Likely he’ll file this on his CV under misfire. Read full review
40
IGNJ. Kim MurphyAug 18, 2021
Not even John Boyega’s solid performance can salvage Naked Singularity, a thinly sketched, disappointingly generic crime thriller. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 3, 2021
Even Spiderverse-savvy Spiderman might consider this singularly confusing, a botched effort to say something scientific-sound and profound in a story that’s basically a lawyer-novelist riffing on “The French Connection,” and doing it badly. Read full review
30
PolygonRobert DanielsAug 6, 2021
Naked Singularity isn’t a typical courtroom drama. It’s a heist flick, a sci-fi romp, and a message film all rolled into one. And it’s a pretty terrible example of all three genres. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAug 5, 2021
This convoluted clash of competing interests, though, is so poorly explained it’s as arduous to untangle as it is to enjoy. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussAug 9, 2021
The concept might have worked well on paper. But on screen, at least how Chase Palmer has directed and co-scripted it, those clashing elements exert weak gravitational pull. Read full review
25
The PlaylistJonathan ChristianAug 4, 2021
In a parallel universe, perhaps Naked Singularity might have delivered on its bold aspirations, but in the world in which it exists, that is, sadly, not the case. Read full review
20
TheWrapSimon AbramsAug 2, 2021
The uniquely underwhelming sci-fi lawyer drama Naked Singularity is a weird mashup of ill-fitting genre tropes and quarter-cooked ideas about social justice and alternate realities. Read full review
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