IndieWire
Hutton might not entirely stick the landing, but the pleasures of "Lapsis" extend beyond tidy conclusions and easy answers.
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Lapsis
In this parallel universe sci-fi, a man struggling for employment takes on a bizarre job within the gig economy—dragging cables through lengths of forest and connecting them to giant metal cubes that make up the 'quantum trading market'.
2020Rating: PG, Coarse language108 minsUSACouple 3 Films
MysteryScience FictionThriller
Lapsis / Reviews
Film Threat
Hutton scores a direct hit on the persistent machinations of corporations to nickel and dime everyone at each turn.
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Variety
Straddles both the bleak present-tense reality of Ken Loach's "Sorry We Missed You" and the subversive near-future political satire of Boots Riley's "Sorry to Bother You" while arriving at a whimsical critique all its own.
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A.V. Club
It's a sharp, progressively-minded satire with sci-fi elements that would make an interesting double feature with Boots Riley's more outrageous but similarly pissed-off Sorry To Bother You.
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The New York Times
"Lapsis" isn't a polemic, it's a caricature, and all the more likable for having its claws sheathed in velvet.
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Los Angeles Times
It feels like one of those movies we'll be looking at decades from now...
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RogerEbert.com
The low-budget, idea-driven corner of science fiction has become a crowded place recently. Lapsis is the latest entry worth seeing and arguing about.
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