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Movie Info

Memories of the past -- from his first sexual encounter to a tragic loss -- haunt poet C.K. Williams as he struggles to create new works.

Rating:

R (Nudity|Language|Drug Use|Some Sexuality)
Genre:

romance, biography, drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Alexis Gambis, Edna Luise Biesold, Sarah-Violet Bliss, Gabrielle Demeestere
Producer:

Edward Bass, James Franco
Writer:

Edna Luise Biesold, Sarah-Violet Bliss, Gabrielle Demeestere, Alexis Gambis
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 19, 2015
Runtime:

1h 12m
Production Co:

Rabbit Bandini Productions

Cast & Crew

James Franco
C.K. Williams

Mila Kunis
Catherine

Jessica Chastain
Mrs. Williams

Zach Braff
Albert

Bruce Campbell
Goody

Giavani Cairo
Dan

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Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning poet C.K. Williams's autobiographical work, "The Color of Time" is about poetry, though it has none to speak of.

December 12, 2014 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Simon Abrams
RogerEbert.com
"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.

December 11, 2014 | Full Review…

Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
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.

December 11, 2014 | Full Review…

Nicolas Rapold
New York Times
A cool concept, and A for effort.

December 11, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
"The Color of Time," for all the experimentalism of its conception, falls some way short here, and ends up an irreproachably tasteful, easily digestible, but an unsurprising, undemanding watch.

December 11, 2014 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Jessica Kiang
The Playlist
You couldn't possibly find a more "James Franco" project, produced by and starring James Franco, than The Color of Time, even if you tried.

December 11, 2014 | Rating: C- | Full Review…

Tomris Laffly
Movie Mezzanine
The Color of Time... is the bad chapbook poetry of movies: uncontrolled, gratuitously moody, missing its own point.

April 26, 2017 | Full Review…

Nathan Heller
Vogue
Either Franco thinks his every creative whim doesn't stink, and we should be delighted to sample all his artistic endeavors, or he's a selfless, mentoring, caring teacher.

June 13, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Mark Jackson
Epoch Times
The idea of students collaborating with a stable of famous actors is a wonderful story in itself, but to then treat the culmination of the exercise as more than a student thesis film does it a disservice.

February 24, 2016 | Rating: D+ | Full Review…

Jared Mobarak
The Film Stage
This dreamlike film, directed by twelve graduate students from New York University, fails to make celebrated American poet C.K. Williams much more than a mildly interesting daydream. Despite its top acting talent, it even inspires a deeper sleep.

January 30, 2015 | Rating: D | Full Review…

Paul Chambers
Movie Chambers
The Color of Time serves as a reminder that literalizing and adapting poetry for the screen is usually not a good idea.

December 16, 2014 | Rating: 2/10 | Full Review…

Sarah Winshall
Under the Radar
Probably should have stayed in the classroom.

December 13, 2014 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…

Travis Hopson
Examiner.com