Kodachrome

Name: Kodachrome
Genre: Drama
Released: April 20, 2018
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Al Mukadam, Amanda Brugel, Bea Santos, Bruce Greenwood, Dennis Haysbert

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Netflix | Release Date: April 20, 2018 | TV-MA

Starring: Al Mukadam, Amanda Brugel, Bea Santos, Bruce Greenwood, Dennis Haysbert, Ed Harris, Elizabeth Olsen, Gethin Anthony, Humberly González, Jason Sudeikis, Rob Stewart, Sebastian Pigott, Vladimir Jon Cubrt, Wendy Crewson

Summary: Matt Ryder (Jason Sudeikis) is convinced to drive his estranged and dying father Benjamin Ryder (Ed Harris) cross country to deliver four old rolls of Kodachrome film to the last lab in the world that can develop them before it shuts down for good. Along with Ben’s nurse Zooey (Elizabeth Olsen), the three navigate a world changing fromMatt Ryder (Jason Sudeikis) is convinced to drive his estranged and dying father Benjamin Ryder (Ed Harris) cross country to deliver four old rolls of Kodachrome film to the last lab in the world that can develop them before it shuts down for good. Along with Ben’s nurse Zooey (Elizabeth Olsen), the three navigate a world changing from analog to digital while trying to put the past behind them.… Expand

Director: Mark Raso

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 105 min

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Justin Lowe

Apr 18, 2018

Raso takes Kodachrome (shot entirely on Kodak motion picture film) as a departure point to keenly deconstruct the bonds that hold families together and the betrayals that drive them apart, relying on an unshowy style that emphasizes the actors’ captivating performances. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Apr 20, 2018

Like a well-made romantic comedy that follows all the rules, Kodachrome engages because the dialogue pops and the actors are sufficiently invested that they give breadth and depth to characters who are, for the most part, underwritten. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Apr 19, 2018

Screenwriter Tropper has also constructed some solid father and son sparring matches about the value of being a good person versus being a great artist, which Harris and Sudeikis make the most of. Read full review

Tom Russo

Apr 18, 2018

The pervasive, absorbing bitterness and hurt falter only when the story eases off its characters’ cynical insistence that people don’t change. Sudeikis knows how to play jarringly nasty — see “Colossal,” for one — but choked-up can be a reach here. Read full review

Leah Greenblatt

Apr 19, 2018

Kodachrome isn’t a bad movie, it just never for a moment feels like a real one: A road-trip dramedy so schematic and loaded for emotional bear it feels like it was generated by a Sundance screenwriting app. Read full review

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Apr 18, 2018

Marked with a conveyer belt quality, Kodachrome is every indie dramedy you’ve seen before, just like more of you’ll see after, and unlikely to create a cherished memory that you’ll want to revisit. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Apr 18, 2018

Thankfully the performances try to elevate the plot since each character seems catered to the actor cast. Read full review

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EMDR

Aug 16, 2020

This movie is one of my all time favorites. Undoubtedly, one of the most brilliant movies I have ever seen. Story, cast, screenplay all are great.

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Gamzguy17

Aug 21, 2021

Few, if hardly any compromises are present in 'Kodachrome', an endearing, simple, funny, and down-to-earth film that uses nostalgia to its advantage and packs a powerfully emotional payoff that may promote wet eyes. I encourage all future viewers of this film to watch it with your father. ItFew, if hardly any compromises are present in 'Kodachrome', an endearing, simple, funny, and down-to-earth film that uses nostalgia to its advantage and packs a powerfully emotional payoff that may promote wet eyes. I encourage all future viewers of this film to watch it with your father. It can be a strong bonding experience for the both of you.… Expand

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carson1997

Jun 20, 2018

Phenomenal. Kodachrome is a perfect display of the history of technology and the fast paced change that shaped it to what it is today. For the older audience it's a blast from the past to what they witnessed or grew up with and for the younger audience it's a more in depth view of whatPhenomenal. Kodachrome is a perfect display of the history of technology and the fast paced change that shaped it to what it is today. For the older audience it's a blast from the past to what they witnessed or grew up with and for the younger audience it's a more in depth view of what technology was like before the digital world came along. And some how among all this compelling memory and history, there's a even deeper meaning to be found in this film...the lesson that things are not always what we believe them to be and you should always follow your dreams but also don't leave behind the things you love. I strongly recommend this film to all but get ready for a roller coaster of emotions.… Expand

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CasandraComplex

Apr 23, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is really well written, acted and developed. (punn intended) The premise and writing really hits me close to home on a personal level in a freakishly accurate way. The son and the complexity of his feelings, resentment, hurt, anger and desire to protect his heart from being hurt yet again are so incredibly well acted that I took time to look this actor up on the web. The father is also portrayed genuinely with pin point accuracy. I was absorbed by the whole of the story telling. My only caveat is that I felt that the ending gave in to wrapping things up into a neat little bow at the end however simultaneously with the slide show finale, demonstrated that our human experience is sometimes impossible to communicate even to those whom we love more than anything.… Expand

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Erich

Jan 25, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jason Sudeikis joins a growing list of comedians who manage to turn in solid performances as dramatic actors (e.g., Bob Odenkirk, Will Arnett, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams). Sudeikis nicely underplays scenes where the context is emotionally searing, particularly the ending which should be a no-brainer and no need for a “spoiler” alert (though I've flagged my review just in case): the moment where he’s casually talking with his father with a sense of relaxed warmth, now that years of a frozen relationship have finally thawed, and in the next moment he realizes the End which had weighed so heavily over his recent days (compressed into the entire movie) finally happens, before his eyes, in all its devastatingly anti-climactic reality -- Sudeikis nails it, with subtle aplomb. That moment should be used in acting classes on How Not to Ham Up a Tragic Moment. Otherwise, the rest of the cast is equally fine: It’s so good to see Ed Harris (as the dying father) again, and he lives the part with the consummate ease of an old hand. The actress who plays Ed Harris’s personal caretaker/assistant, Elizabeth Olsen, fills out her role perfectly like a doeskin glove. Dennis Haysbert, the pre-Obama first black American President (on “24”) is nice to see, albeit in a small part, but performing every scene he’s in with satisfying professionalism. And last but never least, it was exquisite to cast the always dependable actor Bruce Greenwood as Ed Harris’s long-estranged brother (and a “better father” to Sudeikis than his real father had turned out to be).… Expand

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JLuis_001

Aug 8, 2018

Predictable drama about a father and son relationship that although it's not bad it's somewhat slow. Nothing memorable, it's nice and has respectable performances. Beyond that there's nothing else worth mentioning.

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 27, 2021

This films plot is interesting and I liked some parts of it but it felt too bland and the characters weren't really interesting enough to keep me engrossed, so I felt a bit detached from it. Its sad in parts, which is to be expected given the plot but overall it didn't really stand out. ItThis films plot is interesting and I liked some parts of it but it felt too bland and the characters weren't really interesting enough to keep me engrossed, so I felt a bit detached from it. Its sad in parts, which is to be expected given the plot but overall it didn't really stand out. It seemed to me like a film length TV show. An ok watch but nothing more really.… Expand

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