Fresh
With its diabolical ending, this is the movie equivalent of a crossword puzzle: fun, clever, and disposable.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Lucky Number Slevin
Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong number.
2006 · 1h 50m · R
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Paul McGuigan
Overview
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
Only Lucy Liu's insanely perky neighbour emerges with any real credit.
Mark Salisbury, Time Out
Rotten
It shrinks your perception of what movies can do.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
Everything in it -- every confusion, every line of unspeakable dialogue, every red herring, every camera setup -- has been borrowed from some movie you've seen before.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Fresh
It finally all makes sense after a fashion, and I think and hope that you will be entertained by all the narrative legerdemain.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
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