Lucky Number Slevin Reviews
March 29, 2011
Lucky Number Slevin is a very clever film, probably too clever for its own good.
Full Review | Original Score: 7/10
August 30, 2009
Elaborately hollow tough-guy arabesque
June 13, 2008
It's the pace of the film that wins the day.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
March 24, 2007
McGuigan has such a stylish eye that, even if you never quite care what's happening, you'll always be visually entertained.
December 18, 2006
With its diabolical ending, this is the movie equivalent of a crossword puzzle: fun, clever, and disposable.
November 10, 2006
Essentially a crime noir thriller with a twist, Paul McGuigan's film is showy and sharp, whose witty dialogue is delivered with a shrug
October 9, 2006
One of the underappreciated gems of the 2006 movie season.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4
September 27, 2006
Tarantino's films work because there is usually some moral code at work, however fallen it might be. By comparison, Slevin is an unsettling exercise in amorality.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
September 21, 2006
Lucky Number Slevin moves along nicely, and it's easy to get caught up in all that style. But style and cheap tricks are two different things.
| Original Score: 2/4
September 15, 2006
Don't think too hard when seeing this movie because you'll spoil the surprises.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5
September 6, 2006
A gaseous movie experience gets a solid DVD treatment.
July 13, 2006
In the end, Lucky Number Slevin is like that guy you knew in high school who seemed cool and interesting until he opened his mouth.
June 24, 2006
Only Lucy Liu's insanely perky neighbour emerges with any real credit.
May 15, 2006
... those of us who take our cup of comedy black, with no sugar, will savor it.
| Original Score: 90/100
May 12, 2006
Time thinking "Slevin" must have been some kind of typo: 110 minutes.
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May 12, 2006
Paul McGuigan directs with the skill of a light-fingered juggler.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
May 12, 2006
It shrinks your perception of what movies can do.
May 6, 2006
There are a few genuine surprises, but not enough to cover over the fact that the biggest reveal of all was plainly obvious in the first 10 minutes.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
May 6, 2006
Lucky Number Slevin starts off as entertaining original but comes up empty at the end.
| Original Score: 2/4
May 6, 2006
...one can't help but wonder if the movie would've worked better had some of the twists been revealed at the outset...
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4