Slow Machine

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Slow Machine

2021

1h 12m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Stephanie, a vibrant actress, meets Gerard, an NYPD counter-terrorism specialist who's an aficionado of experimental theater.

Vikram Murthi

AV Club

Jun 5, 2021

A-

Slow Machine argues that a creative life inevitably offers multiple paths, but the consequences of one's choices can never be forgotten.

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Carson Lund

Slant Magazine

Jun 3, 2021

3/4

The film navigates a tricky space between pathos and absurdity and often turns on a dime from one to the other.

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Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

New York Times

Jun 3, 2021

Difficult to describe and confounding to follow, the film is best when you submit to the surreal nature of it; then, you will be open to witnessing one of this year's most mesmerizing movies unfold.

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Ben Flanagan

Vague Visages

Feb 10, 2024

“The conspiratorial is everywhere in ‘Slow Machine’ but doesn’t come into focus.”

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

Oct 19, 2021

4/5

A small, brazenly offbeat mumblecore film shot in 16mm and permeated with a mix of composed and experimental quirkiness.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Sep 5, 2021

B+

Odd-ball character-study film.

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Rodney G

@Rodknee May 16, 2022

Loved it! Great acting. Great music. Loved the direction and the look of this 16mm film.

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Robert S

@RT89139686 Sep 6, 2021

This looks like a 16mm indie film from the '70s, but most of those films made some sense. This one, funded by a kickstarter campaign, does not. Chloe Sevigny makes a five minute appearance in the middle of the film in a scene that is a total non sequitur. Clearly she was doing a favor for a friend, and she's the only interesting thing in this mashup of rambling dialogue and unfocused plotting. If you are silly enough to start watching this film, you will understand how bad it is within the first 10 minutes. If you stay longer, that's on you.

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Synopsis

Stephanie, a vibrant actress, meets Gerard, an NYPD counter-terrorism specialist who's an aficionado of experimental theater.

Director: Paul Felten, Joe DeNardo
Producer: Kyle Hepp, Shrihari Sathe, Caroline von Kuhn, Alex Witherill
Screenwriter: Paul Felten
Distributor: Grasshopper Film
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 2, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 3, 2021
Runtime: 1h 12m

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