the uniquely underwhelming sci-fi lawyer drama “Naked Singularity” is a weird mashup of ill-fitting genre tropes and quarter-cooked ideas about social justice and alternate realities
John Boyega plays a harried public defender in this chaotic merger of sci-fi and heist thriller; Chase Palmer's "Naked Singularity" welds legal drama and science fiction into a misshapen crime caper
it's really much more comparable to "The Butterfly Effect": not great, but memorable, with interesting ideas; As a whole, the endeavor isn't as smart as it pretends it is, but you might feel smart while watching it -- and sometimes, that's good enough
even as Mexican cartels, Hasidic money launderers, modal realism explanations and a samurai sword pile up around the action, "Naked Singularity" stubbornly refuses to engage
engrossing, but not singular enough to be memorable; it's a slick package and reasonably entertaining.. But the brisk pacing and capable cast still can't quite mask a certain routine feel in a movie without much heart
despite its eccentric, confident tone, "Naked Singularity" suffers from an acute identity crisis, leaving viewers wishing for more substance by the end
Chase Palmer's "Naked Similarity" is a dilettante movie, raising plenty of important questions while providing little intellectual rigor, and even less action-packed excitement; This movie should be a blast, and it’s a bore
an adaptation that lacks the same courage that propels its characters; "Naked Singularity" may be set in that second world of bold choices and revolutionary acts, but it certainly wasn't made in it
by Tara McNamara [Common Sense Media ]
by Bob Strauss [San Francisco Chronicle ]
