The Color of Time
Anchor Bay Entertainment | Release Date: December 12, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
8
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
The PlaylistJessica KiangDec 11, 2014
An irreproachably tasteful, easily digestible but an unsurprising, undemanding watch. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungDec 11, 2014
In the end, there is just about enough narrative to hold interest, while the lyrical camerawork, constantly in motion, blurred images and all, offers a single emotion that is impossible to stretch over a feature-length film. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerDec 10, 2014
The better moments of Color Of Time make use of the ringer cast Franco was able to assemble, however momentarily. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartDec 10, 2014
It’s well-executed but familiar territory, with a dearth of jarring moments. Those of us who aren’t friends and family of the crew could use a little wake-up shove here and there. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineElise NakhnikianDec 6, 2014
If The Tree of Life was a contemplation of the universal mysteries and verities of life, The Color of Time is an hour spent scrolling through a stranger's family album. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldDec 11, 2014
The film is too sincere an expression of admiration for this poet’s work to feel pretentious, but it’s like a music video for the poems, often literal in its biographical readings. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierDec 11, 2014
Franco himself is ponderous playing Williams, which tends to overwhelm everything. A cool concept, and A for effort. Read full review
40
The DissolveNathan RabinDec 11, 2014
The tone is delicate and vaporous, more attuned to mood and melancholy than anything resembling a conventional narrative. And despite the ambition on display, the film feels awfully slight, like a dream forgotten immediately upon waking. In its admirable but muddled attempt to fuse pure poetry and pure cinema, it ends up doing justice to neither. Read full review
30
VarietyBoyd van HoeijDec 11, 2014
Tonally surprisingly coherent, Franco’s apostles seem to have directed, as Pauline Kael would’ve said, on their knees. Read full review
30
Village VoiceInkoo KangDec 9, 2014
Franco is a fine reader, but ultimately the film adds little more than his handsome face and trite confessional origins to Williams's experiential vernacular. When the words are so direct, powerful, and inviting, who needs Franco's books on video? Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsDec 12, 2014
The Color of Time has considerable ambition, but no inner life. Read full review
0
ObserverRex ReedDec 10, 2014
The movie sinks without a trace. Read full review
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