SummaryRecently released from prison, mild-mannered Carl (Toby Jones) quietly attempts to move on with his life. Just as he embarks on his first date in 15 years, Carl’s fresh start is shattered by the sudden reappearance of his domineering mother (Anne Reid), whose presence awakens within him a deep-seated trauma. What unfolds is a brain-warping puzzle... Read More
Directed By:Rupert Jones
Written By:Rupert Jones
Kaleidoscope
Metascore
Mixed or Average
52
User score
Generally Favorable
6.8
My Score
Drag or tap to give a rating
Hover and click to give a rating
Not available in your country?
ExpressVPN
Get 3 Extra months free
$6.67/mth
Metascore
Mixed or Average
13% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
88% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Dec 7, 2017
80
Director/screenwriter Jones displays an ability to sustain simmering tension that's impressive for someone directing only his second feature film.
Jan 18, 2018
60
Darkly dainty as this ornate storytelling geometry is, however, it’s hard to remain heavily invested in the outcome through a runtime that, even at a modest 90-plus minutes, feels a tad stretched.
Dec 7, 2017
60
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.
May 14, 2018
50
Reid’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.
Dec 7, 2017
50
Kaleidoscope is brilliantly crafted and performed, but it’s a bit too taken with its own muddling of facts and form to truly hook into.
Dec 7, 2017
50
Or maybe not: Committing completely to Carl’s wobbly perceptions, the filmmakers mire us in a hackneyed swamp of narrative uncertainty.
User score
Generally Favorable
50% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
50% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
Jan 2, 2023
4
Interesting Idea at first but it falls appart pretty quickly because it's like reading a book where you skip chapters, and come back later. You just know everything which will happen in the final Episode( which seems to be the same for everyone) and the actual heist is so dumb and full of cliche workarounds, it's just boring and just makes 0 sense. You can of course look up a decent order to watch but this removes the purpose of this format and would still result only in a 6/10 for the actors at best
Production Company:
- Dignity Film Finance
- Longships Films
- Stigma Films
Release Date:Dec 8, 2017
Duration:1 h 40 m
Rating:TV-MA
Awards
Edinburgh International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
MOTELx - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Terror de Lisboa
• 1 Nomination
Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg (FEFFS)
• 1 Nomination
