"The Color of Time" is an odd bird in that its 12 cooks don't necessarily spoil the broth. The problem is that they leave it as broth.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Dec 2014
rotten:
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.
– Nicolas Rapold,
New York Times,
11 Dec 2014
rotten:
A cool concept, and A for effort.
– Joe Neumaier,
New York Daily News,
11 Dec 2014
rotten:
Franco makes a lot of art, both good and bad. But no one provides a bolder example of the vanishing lines that used to separate movie stars, fringe artists, and working actors.
– Jesse Hassenger,
AV Club,
11 Dec 2014
rotten:
The uniformity of its languorous, lens-flared visuals may wear on all but the most ardent Terrence Malick devotees, many of whom, I suspect, are also grad students.