Kaleidoscope

Name: Kaleidoscope
Genre: Thriller
Released: December 8, 2017
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Anne Reid, Cecilia Noble, Deborah Findlay, Frederick Schmidt, Karl Johnson

2017

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IFC Midnight | Release Date: December 8, 2017 | NR

Starring: Anne Reid, Cecilia Noble, Deborah Findlay, Frederick Schmidt, Karl Johnson, Manjinder Virk, Sinead Matthews, Toby Jones

Summary: Recently released from prison, mild-mannered Carl (Toby Jones) quietly attempts to move on with his life. Just as he embarks on his first date in 15 years, Carl’s fresh start is shattered by the sudden reappearance of his domineering mother (Anne Reid), whose presence awakens within him a deep-seated trauma. What unfolds is a brain-warpingRecently released from prison, mild-mannered Carl (Toby Jones) quietly attempts to move on with his life. Just as he embarks on his first date in 15 years, Carl’s fresh start is shattered by the sudden reappearance of his domineering mother (Anne Reid), whose presence awakens within him a deep-seated trauma. What unfolds is a brain-warping puzzle as reality and illusion, past and present collide and explode in violence. [IFC Midnight]… Expand

Director: Rupert Jones

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: NR

Runtime: 100 min

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Frank Scheck

Dec 7, 2017

Director/screenwriter Jones displays an ability to sustain simmering tension that's impressive for someone directing only his second feature film. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Dec 7, 2017

At its best, Kaleidoscope is like an unsettling dream featuring an Escher staircase that plunges infinitely and vertiginously downwards. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Jan 18, 2018

Darkly dainty as this ornate storytelling geometry is, however, it’s hard to remain heavily invested in the outcome through a runtime that, even at a modest 90-plus minutes, feels a tad stretched. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Dec 7, 2017

Or maybe not: Committing completely to Carl’s wobbly perceptions, the filmmakers mire us in a hackneyed swamp of narrative uncertainty. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 14, 2018

Reid’s toxic smile and Matthews’ working class wantonness work. But in a role no-doubt written for him, Jones downloads his entire arsenal — hurt, shyness, pain, guilt and rage — onto the screen. This is a performance that smacks of desperation and denial, a paranoid loner making it up as he goes along. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Dec 7, 2017

Kaleidoscope is brilliantly crafted and performed, but it’s a bit too taken with its own muddling of facts and form to truly hook into. Read full review

Danny King

Dec 7, 2017

Jones and Reid are hemmed in by the screenplay’s schematic nature. Read full review

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