Synopsis
Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his characters start to appear in his life, and vice versa.
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Cast
- Anthony HopkinsFelix Bonhoeffer
- Stella ArroyaveGina
- Lana AntonovaLily
- Lindsay BarthShelly's Sister
- Michael Clarke DuncanMort / Phil Henderson / Patrolman
- S. Epatha MerkersonBonnie
- John TurturroHarvey Brickman
- Christian SlaterRay / Matt Dobbs / Patrolman #2
- Camryn ManheimBarbara
- Jeffrey TamborGeek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Now 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. - 70
Film Threat
Slipstream is a properly bizarre journey. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Amusing cinematic buffoonery by a man poking fun at movie conventions and the movie business itself. - 50
Variety
Apparently needing to release some private thoughts, musings and images to the world, Anthony Hopkins takes a leap into stunning self-indulgence with his directorial debut, Slipstream. - 50
Village Voice
Hopkins claims it's a comedy, and perhaps John Turturro's live-action cartoon of a mogul producer suggests so, but what does it all mean? That art can be just as shallow as Hollywood? - 50
Salon
The film has moments of goofy delight, some pseudo-David Lynch spookery and a couple of comic supporting turns. - 50
Chicago Tribune
Bold, experimental, off-the-wall kicky and utterly exasperating. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
If 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.
