Kodachrome
Netflix | Release Date: April 20, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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80
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweApr 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
78
TheWrapMatt DonnellyApr 24, 2018
This is the Sudeikis-Harris show, and it really works. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliApr 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
75
ObserverRex ReedApr 20, 2018
Well-considered and sincerely acted, Kodachrome is a character-driven drama that has been wrongly labeled a comedy by some so-called critics. There is nothing funny about it. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranApr 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
67
ConsequenceRandall ColburnApr 23, 2018
You know the characters, the beats, and the general arc. You know how it will end before the first act concludes, and that’s fine. The journey’s pleasant enough. Read full review
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IndieWireKate ErblandApr 18, 2018
The conventional road trip dramedy mines that father-son dynamic for all its worth, but Sudeikis and Harris are very much up to the task, and their chemistry helps the film rise above its tropes. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaApr 20, 2018
Kodachrome, alas, too often travels a well-worn and predictable highway, one that was traversed to near-perfection not too long ago by Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska.” Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTom RussoApr 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
63
The Associated PressLindsey BahrApr 18, 2018
Sudeikis, in particular, shines in this unusually dramatic role and exhibits a depth he touched on in films like “Sleeping with Other People” and “Colossal” but that he really gets to live in here. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattApr 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
50
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 24, 2018
It’s not an unpleasant watch, on the nose or not. Olsen has a sexy calm about her, Sudeikis, so easy to dislike by virtue of the roles he plays and the cruel, smartass glint always in his eyes, is softening a bit as his career reaches middle age. Read full review
50
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthApr 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
50
VarietyAndrew BarkerApr 18, 2018
Thanks to some likable performances from Jason Sudeikis, Elizabeth Olsen and Ed Harris, it’s an entirely watchable if entirely by-the-numbers throwback to the sweet-and-sour Sundance-style indie films of yore. But there’s a blurry boundary between “vintage” and simply “passé,” and Kodachrome is too often caught on the wrong side of that line. Read full review
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The New York TimesBen KenigsbergApr 19, 2018
If this earnest and forgettable road movie represents a meaningful tribute to taking pictures, we ought to go back to cave drawing. Read full review
40
Village VoiceKristen Yoonsoo KimApr 18, 2018
Netflix’s Kodachrome is good fall-asleep-with-the-TV-on fare, and I mean you should snooze out immediately unless you want to be subjected to a criminally mediocre family drama. Read full review
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The Film StageJared MobarakApr 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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