Kaleidoscope
IFC Midnight | Release Date: December 8, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDec 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
60
VarietyGuy LodgeJan 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
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawDec 7, 2017
At its best, Kaleidoscope is like an unsettling dream featuring an Escher staircase that plunges infinitely and vertiginously downwards. Read full review
60
Total FilmDec 7, 2017
Face crumpled, eyes darting, Jones captures the wounded humanity at the core of this psychological thriller. He feels the walls of his flat closing in; we feel the influence of Polanski and Hitchcock. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 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
50
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshDec 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
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDec 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
40
Village VoiceDanny KingDec 7, 2017
Jones and Reid are hemmed in by the screenplay’s schematic nature. Read full review
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