Sleight

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Sleight
A young street magician is left to care for his little sister after their parents’ passing. He 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.

89 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence).
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Jacob Latimore, Seychelle Gabriel, Dulé Hill, Storm Reid, Sasheer Zamata, Michael Villar
Director
J.D. Dillard
ScreenplayJ.D. Dillard, Alex Theurer
MusicCharles Scott IV
CinematographyEd Wu
EditingJoel Griffen
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2016
Produced byDiablo Entertainment

IMDB page | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageStrong, fairly frequent
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceModerate to strong, fairly frequent.
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

R: RestrictedRated R for language throughout, drug content and some violence
Runtime89
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.


CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
16 +
Positive messages
2
Positive role models
2
Violence
4
Sex
2
Language
4
Consumerism
0
Drinking, drugs, smoking
4

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Sandy Cohen quote iconLatimore's pure magic in his latest role.
10
Metacritic.com
18 critics
12
Rottentomatoes critics
36 critics
12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconSleight subverts genre norms, delivering a smart and well-acted -- if ultimately somewhat frustrating -- magical mystery.
14
CommonSenseMedia
Staff evaluation quote iconStrong character-driven superpower tale has violence, drugs.
10

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
18 users
8
Rottentomatoes users
5156 users
12
IMDB
2873 Netizens
12
The Movie DB
Community
12

Average .. 57%

11

Trailer






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