"TIPPING CONSTRUCTS A LYRICAL ATMOSPHERE THAT SUGGESTS TERRENCE MALICK FOR THE HIP-HOP SET”- INDIE WIRE
"A DEBUT OF UNDENIABLE PROMISE" - VARIETY
"ITS SILKY BLEND OF LYRICISM WITH URBAN GRIT MARKS IT AS A PROMISING DEBUT" - HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"ITS PLACE AS PIECE OF ARTISTIC STORYTELLING IS UNQUESTIONABLE" - BOLD AS LOVE
“KICKS IS A FUNNY, TOUCHING AND STREET-SMART COMING-OF-AGE DRAMEDY THAT OOZES WITH STYLE" - FILM PULSE
"JOSEPH CAMPBELL MEETS DOPE IN JUSTIN TIPPING’S EXHILARATING DEBUT" - ROLLING STONE
"WHAT TIPPING MASTERS PERFECTLY IN THE FILM IS THE CONSTANT EBB AND FLOW OF HUMOR, AND DARKNESS" SHADOW AND ACT
[JTIP JUST HAD HIS DEBUT FEATURE FILM, KICKS, WORLD PREMIERE AT THE 2016 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL AS THE OPENING NIGHT FILM]