
Collin (Daveed Diggs) must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles (Rafael Casal), work as movers and are forced to watch their old neighborhood become a trendy spot in the rapidly gentrifying Bay Area. When a life-altering event causes Collin to miss his mandatory curfew, the two men struggle to maintain their friendship as the changing social landscape exposes their differences.... (Full plot summary below)
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Collin (Daveed Diggs) must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles (Rafael Casal), work as movers and are forced to watch their old neighborhood become a trendy spot in the rapidly gentrifying Bay Area. When a life-altering event causes Collin to miss his mandatory curfew, the two men struggle to maintain their friendship as the changing social landscape exposes their differences. Explores the intersection of race and class set against the backdrop of Oakland.
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| Good Times Santa CruzLisa JensenBoth actors turn in virtuoso performances as friends confronting issues of race, class, identity, and their own volatile, longtime friendship. |
| Cultured Vultures Danielle SolzmanThe film offers a representation that wouldn't necessarily be represented on screen, but it's a story worth telling and does it more so as a buddy comedy amid such a serious subject of race and class. |
| What I Watched TonightMatt HudsonGripping, authentic, tense, uproarious and strong, Blindspotting is a superb achievement. |
| Screen ZealotsLouisa MooreThings always look different depending on your perspective and by challenging all kinds of stereotypes, the film becomes an even more provocative work of art. |
| The Movie SleuthMichelle KisnerBlindspotting is a triumph of a film that mixes insightful social commentary with a buddy comedy and is also not afraid to dip into more serious material from time to time. |
| CinapseEd TravisWith the vibrancy and kineticism similar to the recent Dope, but a simmering righteous anger evoking a young Spike Lee, Blindspotting... is primed to unleash hell on the American public when it drops in theaters. |
| The UndefeatedSoraya Nadia McDonaldBlindspotting is a film about gentrification that never stops screwing with its audience. |
| Sly FoxKam WilliamsBlindspotting's searing exploration of hot-button issues as race, class and police brutality in such confrontational fashion makes for a thought-provoking experience guaranteed to affect you long after leaving the theater. |
| JumpCut OnlineFiona UnderhillBoth an incredibly funny comedy and a poignant drama on the themes of identity, perception and society. |
| SlashfilmTrey MangumWhen watching Blindspotting, it's hard to tell that it is the first major film from co-writers/co-stars Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal and the feature directorial debut for director Carlos Lopez Estrada - because it's just that good. |