
An actor and would-be screenwriter, who at the very moment of his meeting with Fate, comes to discover that life is random and fortune is sightless. He is thrown into a vortex where time, dreams, and reality collide in an increasingly whirling slipstream. It's a surreal and dreamlike tale of one man's journey.... (Full plot summary below)
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An actor and would-be screenwriter, who at the very moment of his meeting with Fate, comes to discover that life is random and fortune is sightless. He is thrown into a vortex where time, dreams, and reality collide in an increasingly whirling slipstream. It's a surreal and dreamlike tale of one man's journey.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertNow 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. |
| The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttAmusing cinematic buffoonery by a man poking fun at movie conventions and the movie business itself. |
| Film ThreatJamie TippsSlipstream is a properly bizarre journey. |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsWriter, director and star Anthony Hopkins releases his inner muse with Slipstream, and guess who shows up - David Lynch! |
| Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoTaking 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. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenFor 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. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumNot so much ill conceived and misdirected as unconceived and undirected, this is folly on a grand scale. |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghIf 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. |
| Chicago TribuneSid SmithBold, experimental, off-the-wall kicky and utterly exasperating. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirThe film has moments of goofy delight, some pseudo-David Lynch spookery and a couple of comic supporting turns. |