Naked Singularity

    Naked Singularity
    2021

    Synopsis

    When a successful New York public defender loses his first case, he is pulled into a drug heist by a former client in an effort to beat the broken system at its own game.

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    Cast

    • John BoyegaCasi
    • Olivia CookeLea DeLeon
    • Bill SkarsgårdDane
    • Ed SkreinCraig Bayonne
    • Linda LavinJudge Cymbeline
    • Tim Blake NelsonAngus
    • Kyle MooneyThe Golem
    • Robert Christopher RileyDetective Winston
    • Robert T. BogueDetective Coburn
    • K. Todd FreemanJimmy Coates

    Recommendations

    • 75

      RogerEbert.com

      There's something off-kilter about it, in a good way. It has a confidence that might not be earned but is still enjoyable to see. It's tapping into something true and knows it.
    • 58

      The Film Stage

      While the concept remains sound as the backdrop for a frustrated public defender choosing the riskier road less traveled to make his mark and a difference when every other version of himself would balk, it has us believing the surreal visual anomalies sprinkled amidst the heist have purpose beyond superficial thematic reinforcement.
    • 50

      The Hollywood Reporter

      The brisk pacing and capable cast still can't quite mask a certain routine feel in a movie without much heart.
    • 42

      IndieWire

      Naked Singularity is the work of an untested filmmaker who knows how to streamline but lacks the chutzpah to swing for the fences.
    • 38

      Movie Nation

      Even Spiderverse-savvy Spiderman might consider this singularly confusing, a botched effort to say something scientific-sound and profound in a story that’s basically a lawyer-novelist riffing on “The French Connection,” and doing it badly.
    • 30

      The New York Times

      This convoluted clash of competing interests, though, is so poorly explained it’s as arduous to untangle as it is to enjoy.
    • 30

      Polygon

      Naked Singularity isn’t a typical courtroom drama. It’s a heist flick, a sci-fi romp, and a message film all rolled into one. And it’s a pretty terrible example of all three genres.
    • 25

      The Playlist

      In a parallel universe, perhaps Naked Singularity might have delivered on its bold aspirations, but in the world in which it exists, that is, sadly, not the case.