Fresh
Malkovich captures not only the nuttiness of Conway, with his smorgasbord of foreign-sounding accents, but also his pathos.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Colour Me Kubrick
A True...ish Story
2005 · 1h 26m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Brian W. Cook
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Colour Me Kubrick
Overview
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
51%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Not only is there nothing there, the nothingness is a complete bore. When a film's highpoint is a soundtrack that relies heavily on other soundtracks, you've got problems.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
The irony of Color Me Kubrick is that the visual tricks merely serve as a backdrop for Malkovich's inspired high-wire performance.
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
Rotten
It literally only has one idea in its head, and when that idea runs dry, it's as lost as Conway is without his plethora of Kubrick masks.
Tasha Robinson, AV Club
Rotten
It's an impressive moving wax museum, certainly, but even metatextual follies eventually need a pulse.
Mark Holcomb, Time Out New York
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