PRESS REACTIONS TO SLEEP DEALER
THE HOLLY WOOD REPORTER "It’s great to see a film like “Sleeper Dealer” come from such a new, extremely talented and hugely ambitious filmmaker as Alex Rivera. " - Kirk Honeycutt
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THE NEW YORK TIMES "Exuberantly entertaining -- a dystopian fable of globalization disguised as a science-fiction adventure…. Mr. Rivera — a brilliant young director — takes his audience into a future of “aqua-terrorism” and cyberlabor that I wish I could dismiss as implausible." -A.O. Scott
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"TEN DIRECTORS TO WATCH," VARIETY: "Rivera reflects on a fascinating paradox: Call it “The Matrix” meets “El Norte”..."dazzling, oftentimes hallucinogenic imagery" - Anthony Kaufman
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"Adventurous, ambitious and ingeniously futuristic, "Sleep Dealer" is a welcome surprise. It combines visually arresting science fiction done on a budget with a strong sense of social commentary in a way that few films attempt, let alone achieve." -Kenneth Turan
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"…impressive, eye-opening…a timely message, deftly delivered… like Blade Runner and other big-brained sci-fi flicks, it's about ideas, not selling merchandise." "Sleep Dealer serves up a radical vision of a troubling tomorrow…" -Jason Silverman
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"A dazzling journey! True originality and artistic verve!" "Unique and yet engaging; the nervy combination of social politics with future shock storytelling… “Sleep Dealer” is a film with something to say about humanity and its relationship with technology. This sense of humanity, more than its numerous mind-blowing fantasy images is what ultimately sets “Sleep Dealer” apart." -Steve Ramos
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"… Rivera revives the promise of an American independent cinema that can intervene in our world, imagine the worst, hope for the best - and entertain like mad along the way." -B. Ruby Rich
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"Ground breaking…a wholly original fantasy. Listen up, Spielberg & Co.: You might learn something." -Jason Silverman
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"“Sleep Dealer” taps into the cultural and economic fears that have come with a globalized planet… For all its newfangled trappings “Sleep Dealer” reasserts a narrative as old as this country…"
-Dennis Lim
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"Alex Rivera's lost cult hit “Sleep Dealer” about immigration and drones is back... “Sleep Dealer”is one of the first science fiction films largely set in the underdeveloped parts — a milestone in film history." -David Montgomery
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""Sleep Dealer” is a wondrous thing to behold, with its saturated cinematography, its unnervingly realistic vision of the future, its singular focus on U.S.-Mexico border politics and its supremely taut storytelling." -Carolina A. Miranda
