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Chromophobia (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 13
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Movie Info

Unrated, 2 hr. 16 min.

Drama

Directed By: Martha Fiennes

Written By: Martha Fiennes

In Theaters: May 21, 2005 Wide

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Critic Reviews for Chromophobia

All Critics (13) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (9)

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.

June 2, 2005 Comment

Kirk Honeycutt

Hollywood Reporter

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Clich�d and contrived.

December 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Independent

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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.

December 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph

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

December 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Financial Times

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

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

December 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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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.

December 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Film4

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James Mottram

Film4

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

December 13, 2007 Full Review Source: BBC

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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.

December 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Total Film

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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.

December 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Trevor Johnston

Time Out

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

December 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Sky Movies

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Tim Evans

Sky Movies

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

December 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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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.

December 13, 2007 Full Review Source: ViewLondon

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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.

November 17, 2007 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

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Chromophobia was the closing film at the festival, and my third red carpet screening. Seen at le Grande Theatre Lumiere at the Palais at midnight. In Competition for the Palme d'Or. The film was shot beautifully. The colours were all very rich and stunning (despite being called Chromophobia), and it was wonderful to

May 26, 2005

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