Sleep Dealer
Maya Entertainment | Release Date: April 17, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
4
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0
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Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Adventurous, ambitious and ingeniously futuristic, Sleep Dealer is a welcome surprise. It combines visually arresting science fiction done on a budget with a strong sense of social commentary in a way that few films attempt, let alone achieve. Read full review
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New York PostLou Lumenick
Far more worth seeing than most of what's out there. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The freshness and ingenuity of this techno-thriller should spark a cult following among sci-fi fans at the very least, but the film could make inroads among cineastes, adult adventure-seekers and the Latino community as well. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
The plot of Sleep Dealer is a bit thin, and the performances are earnest and dutiful. But there is sufficient ingenuity in the film’s main ideas to hold your attention, and the political implications of the allegorical story are at once obvious and subtle. Read full review
50
VarietyJustin Chang
Despite some clever virtual-reality concepts and projections about the next frontier of globalization, Alex Rivera's ambitious directing debut lacks the vision, or the budget, to pull off its fusion of sci-fi and aspirational saga. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAaron Hillis
Science fiction easily lends itself to allegory, but while the dystopian near-future of co-writer/director Alex Rivera's feature debut focuses, admirably, on how globalization affects the third world, his ideas are as subtle as a light saber to the face. Read full review
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New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Haunting ideas and efficient storytelling, but director-cowriter Alex Rivera needed to fine-tune a bit more. Read full review
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