Blindspotting (2018)
92%RT Audience Score: 87%
Awards & Nominations: NA
As timely as it is overall impactful, Blindspotting blends buddy comedy with seething social commentary, and rises on the strength of Daveed Diggs’ powerful performance.
Blindspotting is the kind of movie that makes you want to stand up and shout “YAS QUEEN” at the screen. It’s bold, electric, and intense, but also funny and thoughtful. The performances by Diggs and Casal are layered and fleet-footed, and the script is full of pungent dialogue and nuanced reflections on race, rent, incarceration, and gentrification. It’s practically 2018: The Movie, but with a fresh and original take on the typical rites-of-passage story. Blindspotting easily breaks the confines of Black and white binaries, and feels authentic thanks to the warm camaraderie between the two leads. It’s a must-see for anyone who wants to engage in discourse about why things are the way they are, and how we can change them.
Production Company(ies)
Ashton Productions, The Mirisch Corporation,
Distributor
Summit Entertainment, Lionsgate Films
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
TV-MA
Year of Release
2018
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Stereo
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Aspect ratio:16:9 HD
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Runtime:1h 35m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jul 27, 2018 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 20, 2018
Genre(s)
Comedy/Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ethan Embry, Tisha Campbell-Martin, directed by Carlos López Estrada, written by Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, comedy, drama, R rating, box office gross $4.3M, reviewed by Daniel Gallant, Wendy Ide, Amon Warmann, Geoffrey Macnab, Ed Potton, Mike McCahill, Brian Eggert, Cory Woodroof, Taylor Baker, Kip Mooney, Li Lai, Richard Crouse, buddy comedy, social commentary, police brutality, gentrification, Oakland, California, probation, friendship, tech entrepreneur, drug use, sexual references, violence, Collin, Miles, Val, Ashley, Officer Molina, Mama Liz, Keith Calder, Jessica Calder, Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, Summit Entertainment, Lionsgate Films, Flat (1.85:1) aspect ratio
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Budget and Earnings Details
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Rafael Casal – Miles
Janina Gavankar – Val
Jasmine Cephas Jones – Ashley
Ethan Embry – Officer Molina
Tisha Campbell-Martin – Mama Liz
Director(s)
Carlos López Estrada
Writer(s)
Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs
Producer(s)
Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, Keith Calder, Jessica Calder
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (177) | Top Critics (56) | Fresh (167) | Rotten (10)
A mercurial and explosive film, Blindspotting nimbly parses conflicts about race, rent, incarceration and gentrification.
December 30, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
Daniel Gallant
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
What could have been laboured and polemical is deftly handled, defused with comedy and powered by a pulsating score.
October 6, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
Wendy Ide
Observer (UK)
TOP CRITIC
By equal turns tense and witty but with plenty of perceptive social commentary to go around, this is a film that only gets more rewarding the more you look under its surface.
October 5, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
Amon Warmann
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Reportedly 10 years in the making, Blindspotting is a refreshingly original, gritty and stylised version of the typical rites-of-passage story.
October 5, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
Geoffrey Macnab
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
It’s acted with naturalistic brio and the script, by Diggs and Casal, is full of pungent dialogue and nuanced reflections on Collin’s struggle to avoid becoming a stereotypically angry young black man.
October 4, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
Ed Potton
Times (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Try and take your electrified eyes off it. It’s practically 2018: The Movie.
October 4, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
Mike McCahill
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
With vivid filmmaking, outrage, poetics, humor, and a yearning for contemplation, Blindspotting asks for discourse about why things are the way they are, and how we can change them.
March 11, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
It’s an explosive debut for all involved, with Diggs and Casal delivering layered, fleet-footed performances, and turning in an inflammatory script that makes sure to nail its central thesis home in the most lasting fashion.
February 11, 2022
Cory Woodroof
615 Film
Thoughtful and impressionistic…
August 27, 2021 | Rating: 64/100
Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Bold, electric, funny and intense.
August 21, 2021 | Rating: A-
Kip Mooney
College Movie Review
Blindspotting easily breaks the confines of Black and white binaries.
July 8, 2021 | Rating: B
Li Lai
Mediaversity Reviews
Feels authentic. Perhaps it’s because of the warm camaraderie between Diggs and Casal or perhaps it’s because of the sense of nuance given to large scale issues of race, loyalty and class.
February 28, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Richard Crouse
Richard Crouse…
Plot
Blindspotting follows Collin as he navigates his final days of probation in Oakland, California, and grapples with the aftermath of witnessing a police shooting. His friendship with his volatile best friend is tested as they attend a party at the home of a wealthy tech entrepreneur.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Daveed Diggs delivers a powerful performance in Blindspotting.
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