Lucky Number Slevin Critic Reviews

The most original thing about Lucky Number Slevin is that it lets Lucy Liu play a screwball heroine.Read the full review

Too clever by half. It's the worst kind of con: It tells us it's a con, so we don't even have the consolation of being led down the garden path.Read the full review

A thriller that holds less interest - and less water - the more it reveals about what's actually going on.Read the full review

Lucky Number Slevin is an attempted cinematic sleight-of-hand that has its moments, but is finally just plain annoying, wearing its influences too broadly on its sleeve.Read the full review

Some of what occurs in Lucky Number Slevin is done with a wink and a nod, although McGuinan (á là Tarantino) doesn't skimp on the gore.Read the full review

If "Pulp Fiction" impregnated "The Usual Suspects," the spawn would look a lot like Lucky Number Slevin. Great genes, but you keep wondering when the kid is going to grow up and find an identity of his own.Read the full review

For the most part, though, it works as a clever thriller that entertains through purposeful misdirection.Read the full review

The film is stylish as hell with sharp dialogue, a tongue-in-cheek plot and visual and editing razzle-dazzle.Read the full review

From its sly, amused performances to its surreal comic book gloss to its artfully nervous camerawork, Lucky Number Slevin sustains the blasé tone and look of a smart-aleck thriller that buries its heart under layers of attitude.Read the full review