Color Out of Space
RLJE Films | Release Date: January 24, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianCath ClarkeFeb 27, 2020
The whole thing looks as if it was dreamed up under the influence of a quality batch of LSD. I laughed out loud at the hokiest bits. But I’ve got to admit I was sucked in and genuinely scared, too. Read full review
60
EmpireNick de SemlyenFeb 24, 2020
It’s not as effective as Mandy or The Mist, both of which it evokes at points. But Color Out Of Space is still an audacious and admirably out-there attempt at cosmic horror. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayJan 22, 2020
The movie is most successful when it ditches the particulars of the text and just grooves on how it feels to be displaced and disgruntled, stranded in a surreal mindscape that in some ways makes just as much sense as any other day on a dreary alpaca ranch. Read full review
60
CineVueChristopher MachellSep 10, 2019
If there is any real complaint to be levelled at Color Out of Space, it’s that it has more ideas than it knows what to do with. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis HarveySep 10, 2019
Entertaining but uneven, the result is a deliberately over-the-top sci-fi horror exercise that loses some focus as the action grows more psychedelically unhinged — its oscillating tone not necessarily helped by Nicolas Cage growing likewise, in one of his less inspired gonzo-style performances. Read full review
58
ConsequenceSarah KurchakSep 10, 2019
With its wacky space shit, off-kilter gore, creepy atmospherics, and hammy breakdown, most of which happen all at the same time, Colour Out of Space is, inarguably, one hell of a trip. It’s just not a trip that everyone is going to enjoy taking. Read full review
50
Original-CinKaren GordonJan 24, 2020
The movie looks pretty good, given that it’s small budget effort, and it achieves a sense of tension. But beyond that, the result is frustrating. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedJan 24, 2020
It’s not much of a story, so understandably, it’s not much of a movie, either. But for shock effects, the aliens that descend upon the Gardners are admirably grotesque and some of the special effects are admittedly hair-raising. Read full review
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