No Sudden Move Reviews
No Sudden Move continues Soderbergh’s strong post-retirement phase and is a winning return to a genre that he has helped to make his own in the past three decades.
Full Review | Aug 8, 2023
Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, David Harbour, Brendan Fraser and Ray Liotta doing holdups in hats. Joyfully tough from start to finish.
Full Review | Mar 31, 2023
Solomon’s script fully embraces the concept of dishonor among thieves. His story overflows with back-stabs, double-crosses, and an array of criminal hoodwinks. Soderbergh has a blast with it...
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 17, 2022
A well-acted and impeccably plotted gangster movie.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 16, 2022
This is Soderbergh's best film in years, combining his penchant for crime, humor, and critique.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 12, 2022
No Sudden Move is far from top-tier Soderbergh, and even he would probably admit that, but it nevertheless glides on an uncommon, refreshingly calm rhythm for its genre.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 2, 2022
Steven Soderbergh can make a movie like this in his sleep. But that doesn't make it any less impressive.
Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Dec 23, 2021
No Sudden Move is a grimly entertaining gem. Very recommended.
Full Review | Dec 10, 2021
It's like trying to assemble a complicated jigsaw puzzle in which you've completely lost interest.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 7, 2021
Praise Soderbergh, and pass the ammunition.
Full Review | Dec 7, 2021
This is a crime thriller with great acting that once again illustrates Steven Soderbergh's mastery of the genre.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 7, 2021
This kind of unrelenting bitterness and cynicism may be off-putting to some viewers, but in Soderbergh's hands it goes down like a stiff drink.
Full Review | Original Score: A- | Dec 7, 2021
"No Sudden Move" is a remarkably effervescent affair: not so much frothy as high-spirited, even when the story seems to be moving with the studied grace of a mime.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 7, 2021
No Sudden Move is pure, old-fashioned cinema art.
Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 7, 2021
The intersection of criminal gangs and the American auto industry during the vast freeway expansion boom of the post-war years makes for fascinating bedfellows. And Soderbergh knows how to make the most of it.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 2, 2021
"No Sudden Move" is never really unpleasant, although the wide-angled brownness of its photography takes some adjusting to. It's not especially significant or indelible, but it's also consistently fun even when it begins to lose energy.
Full Review | Oct 26, 2021
What starts as an almost domestic story involving a couple of low-rent hoods will gradually morph into a game of high stakes with unlikely players and a plotline that takes its cue from events in the real world full of corporate rather than card sharks.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 22, 2021
A story about race and class and hidden pollution.
Full Review | Oct 20, 2021
It's well-crafted and thrilling in a way that feels oddly reassuring.
Full Review | Oct 13, 2021
Slouch back and enjoy the prolific Soderbergh's 35th movie. It might not move you straight away. By the end, though, you'll be buzzing.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 8, 2021