The Color Wheel
Release Date: May 18, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierMay 14, 2012
Much like the work of generational cohort Michael Robinson, Alex Ross Perry's films are steeped in a viscous cultural past. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisMay 17, 2012
You can feel the movie building away from the whiny comedy and toward something more emotionally raw then something sexually weird. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoMay 18, 2012
A film about how outwardly alienating our circles are (much to the detriment of our careers) and how caustic our supposedly nurturing intimacies can be at the same time. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottMay 17, 2012
A singularly unpleasant movie: full of obnoxious characters in scenes that seem overwritten and under-rehearsed, oblivious to the most basic standards of tonal consistency, narrative coherence or visual decorum. But it is also sly, daring, genuinely original and at times perversely brilliant. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJun 7, 2012
You might not "like" Perry's movie, but it's hard to deny the forensically assured sensibility at work. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoMay 31, 2012
As an indulgence in creative verbal abuse, the film offers some nasty fun. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianShawn LevyMay 31, 2012
There's handmade and then there's amateurish. This, alas, is the latter. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearMay 15, 2012
Some will call The Color Wheel daring. Others will remember that it takes more than desperate shocks to add substance to the sloppy diddlings of a dilettante. Read full review
40
Village VoiceSteve EricksonMay 8, 2012
The Color Wheel is funny, but it has a dark streak that takes it into increasingly creepy territory as the siblings face down a procession of people who are even more screwed-up than they are. Read full review
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