Slingshot - Movie Reviews (2024)

It pays homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey, but the characters are as pinched as the ship they occupy, the romance between John and Zoe remains lukewarm, and there's no HAL to serve as a worthy antagonist on a journey that too often seems routine.

Full Review | Sep 3, 2024

I found Slingshot to be more frustrating than bad because it doesn’t have faith in the “first people to Titan” storyline and opts to become a psychological thriller about one man’s escalating psychosis within the confines of a small spaceship.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 3, 2024

Despite its many twists and turns, “Slingshot” shows no signs of life.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 2, 2024

It feels like a movie that hates its characters. And hates you too.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 2, 2024

The continued cutaways back to Earth effectively de-pressurize Slingshot’s main plotline.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 2, 2024

This may be the first film to put the viewer through the visceral reaction of lethargy.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/10 | Sep 1, 2024

I dug the psychology, didn't dig the aspect of storytelling which got in its own way. Casey was at the bat in this one, holding the piece together through sheer will, and his stellar chops as an actor helped the narrative. In space, he had a decent face.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 31, 2024

A pretty solid, emotionally driven work, buoyed by fantastic performances and a perfectly chilly atmosphere.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 31, 2024

Enjoyable enough in fits and starts, but as a whole it’s two hours not very well spent.

Full Review | Aug 31, 2024

While the vessel hurtles through the galaxy at thousands of miles per hour, the film often seems to move in slow motion.

Full Review | Aug 30, 2024

The Swedish director Mikael Håfström, whose best-known American film is the chilling 2007 Stephen King adaptation 1408, employs jump scares and quick cuts to capture the looming sense of danger...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 30, 2024

The movie is pretty much lost in space, but its saving grace is Laurence Fishburne, 63 (The Matrix) as Frank’s Captain. Fishburne always finds a place of truth from which to build his characters, however far-fetched.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 30, 2024

Slingshot has a lot of promise, with many elements lined up perfectly, but there is a lack of creativity in the story and an ending that falls flat.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2024

A danger-fraught and hallucination-plagued space mission.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Aug 30, 2024

The movie milks the tension a little too much, drawing out the running time. But it kept me guessing, and for an ambitious psychological thriller in the vast emptiness of space, it made its point.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2024

Mikael Håfström goes the cerebral route with “Slingshot”, a science fiction thriller that’s less about pulse-pounding action and more about the psychology of its main character played by a well-cast Casey Affleck.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 30, 2024

I had some hope for Slingshot, but I wasn’t going to be too disappointed if it wound up failing. But instead, I got one of the biggest surprises of the year for me so far.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 30, 2024

As the story progresses the audience is almost as confused as those on board the Odyssey 1, not knowing what is real and what isn’t.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 30, 2024

Feeling more like a bad pilot episode for a sci-fi tv series, Slingshot's odd characterizations and disruptive organization make the double twist ending not worth the wait.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 30, 2024

A test of metal gradually turns into a test of mettle, with Mr. Affleck’s grit paving the way.

Full Review | Aug 29, 2024