A tight-ass, smooth moving, well-worded script, mixed with a bright yet frightening but most certainly enticing concept, sprinkled off with some fine-acted, well-rounded, deeply-driven characters makes Blindspotting an abstracted, politically-grounded, and uniquely-given film that's exclusively up there with the big-shot, jackpot, academy-nom topknots. (Verdict: B+)

This really takes a look at current race issues that are more than blatant racism. It shows white privilege in a way that is commonly overlooked because the two main characters are very similar-except one is white. It's hilarious and raw; it will make you laugh really hard and then be so tense that your body may hurt a little when you're done watching. This film is so important.

This deceptively complex film strikes a great balance between drama and comedy to cover a lot of timely and important topics. But don't think it's not fun. This film starts out light-hearted and fun and lets its message slowly emerge. As the film gets more serious, it uses comedy at just the right moments to let the pressure off the audience. That's not to say this film isn't heavy. It is. But it's also fun. This film does what I think Spike Lee struggles with, which is to let the message emerge and trust that the audience is intelligent enough to understand it. Excellent film.

Blindspotting manages to create amazing chemistry between it's two leads, landing both it's realistic drama and exaggerated surrealism. It benefits from a motif of free-styling that lifts the film to a state of poetic commentary benefitting its occasional dreamlike qualities. There was a fear from me that the film would seem amateurish from its budget and momentary poor acting from supporting cast members, but the tight script, pacing, comedic moments, and two leads swept me in making this an insightful and thrilling drama. My main criticism is that sometimes it feels more driven by the message of the film rather than by the characters and scenarios, and some moments were on the nose (this is one of the movies where the title is explained in one expository-ish scene). However, it is definitely a gripping film that in my mind might not stick the landing but engaged me in a manner that was stylistic and nuanced. 8/10