Slipstream
Strand Releasing | Release Date: October 26, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
8
Negative:
2
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75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Now is Slipstream worth seeing? I think so, if you'll actively engage your sympathy with Hopkins' attempt to do something tricky and difficult. If you want to lie back and let the movie come to you, you may be lying there a long time. Read full review
70
Film ThreatJamie Tipps
Slipstream is a properly bizarre journey. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Amusing cinematic buffoonery by a man poking fun at movie conventions and the movie business itself. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Writer, director and star Anthony Hopkins releases his inner muse with Slipstream, and guess who shows up - David Lynch! Read full review
50
VarietyRobert Koehler
Apparently needing to release some private thoughts, musings and images to the world, Anthony Hopkins takes a leap into stunning self-indulgence with his directorial debut, Slipstream. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAaron Hillis
Hopkins claims it's a comedy, and perhaps John Turturro's live-action cartoon of a mogul producer suggests so, but what does it all mean? That art can be just as shallow as Hollywood? Read full review
50
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
The film has moments of goofy delight, some pseudo-David Lynch spookery and a couple of comic supporting turns. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneSid Smith
Bold, experimental, off-the-wall kicky and utterly exasperating. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
If not exactly dull, Hopkins' stream-of-consciousness rant is nonetheless self-indulgent and crammed with bits of business that never add up to anything much. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Not so much ill conceived and misdirected as unconceived and undirected, this is folly on a grand scale. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
For an actor like Mr. Hopkins, disappearing into another character, especially a historical figure, must be a far more unsettling deconstruction of reality than for the casual moviegoer observing the transformation. That is a notion Slipstream might have explored more fruitfully, had it focused its wandering attention span, kept its camera steadier and figured out what it wanted to say. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
Taking a cue from David Lynch, Hopkins fractures the narrative from the first frame, but unlike Lynch he doesn't go far enough in establishing a context from which to deviate. If the story fragments we're watching spring from the same mind, in other words, it's not obvious. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
The result is either one of the most self-indulgent vanity projects in the history of the Hollywood star system, or a rare revealing look at a distinguished actor who usually keeps his real self out of the spotlight. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle Smith
At 96 minutes, this vanity/insanity project runs a bit long; five minutes would have been plenty. Read full review
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