Sleight
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| Directed by | J.D. Dillard |
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| Music by | Charles Scott IV |
| Cinematography | Ed Wu |
| Edited by | Joel Griffen |
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Diablo Entertainment
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $250,000 |
Sleight is a 2016 American drama film about a street magician in Los Angeles. The film is directed by J.D. Dillard, written by Dillard and Alex Theurer and stars Jacob Latimore, Seychelle Gabriel, Dulé Hill, Storm Reid, Sasheer Zamata and Michael Villar. The film was released on April 28, 2017, by WWE Studios and Blumhouse Tilt.
A young street magician (Jacob Latimore) is left to care for his little sister after their parents' death and turns to illegal activities to keep a roof over their heads. When he gets in too deep, his sister is kidnapped and he is forced to use his magic and brilliant mind to save her.
The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2016. On January 28, 2016, WWE Studios and Blumhouse Tilt acquired distribution rights to the film. The film was released on April 28, 2017, by WWE Studios and Blumhouse Tilt.
In North America, Sleight was released alongside How to Be a Latin Lover and The Circle, and is projected to gross $1–2 million from 550 theaters in its opening weekend.
On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 70% based on 30 reviews, and an average rating of 6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Sleight subverts genre norms, delivering a smart and well-acted – if ultimately somewhat frustrating – magical mystery." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score 63 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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