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Chromophobia (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 13

Fresh: 4

Rotten:9

Average Rating: 4/10

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Ben Chaplin, Penelope Cruz, Joseph Fiennes, Ralph Fiennes

Starring: Ben Chaplin, Penelope Cruz, Joseph Fiennes, Ralph Fiennes, Ian Holm, Rhys Ifans, Damian Lewis, Kristin Scott Thomas, Harriet Walter

Director: Martha Fiennes

Director: Martha Fiennes

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Clichéd and contrived.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
12/14/07
Robert Hanks
Independent

It's hard to get past an almost sadistic aloofness in the storytelling, and several of Fiennes's flapping plot strands wither on the vine.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
12/14/07
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph

One is unsure what the menu is meant to be in this satire/drama/melodrama.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
12/14/07
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

This is no better, and no worse, than two hours of particularly posh soap opera.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
12/14/07
Cath Clarke
Guardian [UK]

Not quite the British Magnolia it wants to be, Chromophobia's melting pot plot is too often little more than overheated melodrama. But aided by Damian Lewis's strong turn, it still manages some unexpectedly poignant moments.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
12/14/07
James Mottram
Channel 4 Film

A lengthy ensemble piece that's emotionally distant but rarely dull.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
12/13/07
Anna Smith
BBC

Given the implausible contrivances that link these disparate protagonists, though, it’s hard to care much about any of them in a chilly drama whose sleek aesthetic masks a hollow soul.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
12/13/07
Neil Smith
Total Film

Quite how this segues into a grand finale defining bathos to the strains of Beethoven almost beggars description, but failed seriousness to this degree of screaming awfulness is choice indeed – unfortunately, for all the wrong reasons.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
12/13/07
Trevor Johnston
Time Out

Chromophobia, incidentally, is an irrational fear of colour. Someting we could have done with a bit more of.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
12/13/07
Tim Evans
Sky Movies

Kristin Scott Thomas is marvellous but director Martha Fiennes fails to tie together all the remaining plot strands convincingly.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/13/07
William Thomas
Empire Magazine

The performances are fine but the multiple story strands never really add up to much and the film fails to engage on an emotional level.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
12/13/07
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Digs into modern life in some very interesting ways, even though it's not always easy to see the point of it all.

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11/17/07
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Save for one sentimental subplot, the writer-director clearly doesn't care for these people very much. Nor is there much reason for viewers to care, either.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
06/02/05
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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