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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDirector/screenwriter Jones displays an ability to sustain simmering tension that's impressive for someone directing only his second feature film.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawAt its best, Kaleidoscope is like an unsettling dream featuring an Escher staircase that plunges infinitely and vertiginously downwards.
- Face crumpled, eyes darting, Jones captures the wounded humanity at the core of this psychological thriller. He feels the walls of his flat closing in; we feel the influence of Polanski and Hitchcock.
- 50The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisOr maybe not: Committing completely to Carl’s wobbly perceptions, the filmmakers mire us in a hackneyed swamp of narrative uncertainty.
- 50Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshKaleidoscope is brilliantly crafted and performed, but it’s a bit too taken with its own muddling of facts and form to truly hook into.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreReid’s toxic smile and Matthews’ working class wantonness work. But in a role no-doubt written for him, Jones downloads his entire arsenal — hurt, shyness, pain, guilt and rage — onto the screen. This is a performance that smacks of desperation and denial, a paranoid loner making it up as he goes along.
- 40Village VoiceDanny KingVillage VoiceDanny KingJones and Reid are hemmed in by the screenplay’s schematic nature.