Sleep Dealer - Press Reactions

 

Sleep Dealer 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

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

See the New York Times' Anatomy of a Scene: SLEEP DEALER here.

"TEN DIRECTORS TO WATCH," VARIETY: "Rivera reflects on a fascinating paradox: Call it “The Matrix” meets “El Norte”..."dazzling, oftentimes hallucinogenic imagery" - Anthony Kaufman

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

"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

WIRED MAGAZINE

"…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

INDIEWIRE

"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

THE GUARDIAN OF LONDON

"… 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

WIRED MAGAZINE

"Ground breaking…a wholly original fantasy. Listen up, Spielberg & Co.: You might learn something." -Jason Silverman

THE NEW YORK TIMES

"“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

THE WASHINGTON POST 

"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

LOS ANGELES TIMES

""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

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