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Drama comedy about a bickering brother and sister who embark on a road trip that teaches them some lessons about their relationship. Cast:Carlen Altman, Alex Ross Perry, Bob Byington, Kate Lyn Sheil, Anna Bak-Kvapil, Ry Russo-YoungDirector:Alex Ross PerryRelease Date:May 18, 2012DVD Release: TBD From:Factory 25Length:1 hr 23 min
The Color Wheel, Very Good Reviews, Mixed Key Cities
The Color Wheel played in key cities to very good reviews that at the same time were mixed. • Wesley Morris wrote in the Boston Globe, "Alex Ross Perry is a filmmaker who should make us feel good about the altered state of American independent movies.... He has ideas. He's working outside the system." • And Sheri Linden called the film in the Hollywood Reporter, "...deceptively shambling..." More Reviews Below...
The Color Wheel Positive Reviews (14 Reviews, reviews below)
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: VERY GOOD(cg) "What's intriguing are the contradictions... it won't be for everyone, that's for sure, but its daring is undeniable.... a defiant, uncompromising statement in every way."(See all of Christy Lemire's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 540 words, 06/07/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (5 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...full of obnoxious characters in scenes that seem overwritten and under-rehearsed... But it is also sly, daring, genuinely original and at times perversely brilliant."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 623 words, 05/18/12
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: GOOD "...strange, daring and occasionally maddening... You might not 'like' Perry's movie, but it's hard to deny the forensically assured sensibility at work."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 203 words, 06/08/12
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...83 minutes of seriously funny interplay.... burrows so far into its characters' anxieties, we don't know whether to laugh or cry. And who says we have to choose?"(See all of Michael Phillips's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 465 words, 06/22/12
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: GOOD "26-year-old Alex Ross Perry takes a caricaturist's approach. This is a movie that's consistently unafraid to get confrontational and plain weird..."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 417 words, 05/16/12
Phil Coldiron, LA Weekly: EXCELLENT "...road film, screwball comedy, family drama, chamber romance and Stillmanesque social vivisection.... more purely entertaining than anything Sorkin or Mamet has ever written..."(See all of Phil Coldiron's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 313 words, 11/03/11
KEY CITIES (4 Reviews)
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: VERY GOOD(cg) "Alex Ross Perry is a filmmaker who should make us feel good about the altered state of American independent movies.... He has ideas. He's working outside the system."(See all of Wesley Morris's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 642 words, 05/18/12
Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE(cg) "As an indulgence in creative verbal abuse, the film offers some nasty fun.... The writers do have a good ear for sarcasm and snark."(See all of Walter Addiego's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 423 words, 06/01/12
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a movable feast of lacerating wit combined with visual sophistication and some delicate directorial maneuvers by Alex Ross Perry..."(See all of Jeff Shannon's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 271 words, 07/06/12
Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: MODERATE(cg) "Maybe the characters will grate on you, maybe you'll find them quirky fun, but the sheer clumsiness of the enterprise is patent and undeniable.... amateurish."(See all of Shawn Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 212 words, 06/01/12
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (4 Reviews)
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: GOOD "26-year-old Alex Ross Perry takes a caricaturist's approach. This is a movie that's consistently unafraid to get confrontational and plain weird..."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 417 words, 05/16/12
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: WEAK(cg) "...self-consciously coy indulgence reminds me of the work of Diablo Cody, but slighter and more irritating.... Everyone hates Colin; you will too. Is that the point?"(See all of Peter Keough's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 155 words, 11/29/11
Phil Coldiron, LA Weekly: EXCELLENT "...road film, screwball comedy, family drama, chamber romance and Stillmanesque social vivisection.... more purely entertaining than anything Sorkin or Mamet has ever written..."(See all of Phil Coldiron's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 313 words, 11/03/11
Joseph Jon Lanthier, Slant: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...authentically twentysomething circa the 2010s: part entrepreneurial, part self-loathing, and thoroughly bewildered.... contrapuntalism is Perry's way..."(See all of Joseph Jon Lanthier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 723 words, 05/13/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...full of obnoxious characters in scenes that seem overwritten and under-rehearsed... But it is also sly, daring, genuinely original and at times perversely brilliant."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 623 words, 05/18/12
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: GOOD "...strange, daring and occasionally maddening... You might not 'like' Perry's movie, but it's hard to deny the forensically assured sensibility at work."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 203 words, 06/08/12
Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD "...deceptively shambling... a road trip about stagnation, fueled by anger and post-mumblecore irony but also an unexpected vulnerability."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 633 words, 11/05/11
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: GOOD "...strange, daring and occasionally maddening... You might not 'like' Perry's movie, but it's hard to deny the forensically assured sensibility at work."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 203 words, 06/08/12
A.O. Scott, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...full of obnoxious characters in scenes that seem overwritten and under-rehearsed... But it is also sly, daring, genuinely original and at times perversely brilliant."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 623 words, 05/18/12
20.9 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Color Wheel's reviews are separated by an average 20.9 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
The Color Wheel (14 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:The Color Wheel's reviews cover 18.4% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 6,118 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 437 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
The Color Wheel Coverage, Volume & Length (14 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 14 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
The Color Wheel's reviews on average broke 14 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is The Color Wheel's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Color Wheel (14 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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