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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Kodachrome

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Netflix | Release Date: April 20, 2018

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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The Hollywood Reporter - 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

ReelViews - 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

Los Angeles Times - 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

Boston Globe - 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

Entertainment Weekly - 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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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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amucomm

Apr 24, 2018

A quite predictable road-trip about family reunification that is saved to a higher "Vote" by excellent acting by the two main protagonists, Ed Harris as the father and photographer Ben and Jason Sudeikis as Matt, his son. Harris plays the "(un)likable" misanthrope" with a strong characterA quite predictable road-trip about family reunification that is saved to a higher "Vote" by excellent acting by the two main protagonists, Ed Harris as the father and photographer Ben and Jason Sudeikis as Matt, his son. Harris plays the "(un)likable" misanthrope" with a strong character and quite some wit. I just wish that some of the photography of the father would have been more upfront and embedded into the storyline. Quite clever is the fact to actually have shot the movie on analog film, the colors are simply stunning.… 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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