Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)
Hulu | Release Date (Streaming): February 13, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesWesley MorrisFeb 14, 2025
The movie gets lost in the gulf between standard, if illuminating, biography and roiling existential crisis. Read full review
58
IndieWireVikram MurthiJan 26, 2025
As much as Questlove probes his many interviewees with questions about the expectations and responsibility that comes with “Black genius,” his film doesn’t live up to the ambitious framework he puts forth. Read full review
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