Kodachrome

Raso takes Kodachrome (shot entirely on Kodak motion picture film) as a departure point to keenly deconstruct the bonds that hold families together and the betrayals that drive them apart, relying on an unshowy style that emphasizes the actors’ captivating performances.

Well-considered and sincerely acted, Kodachrome is a character-driven drama that has been wrongly labeled a comedy by some so-called critics. There is nothing funny about it.

You know the characters, the beats, and the general arc. You know how it will end before the first act concludes, and that’s fine. The journey’s pleasant enough.

The pervasive, absorbing bitterness and hurt falter only when the story eases off its characters’ cynical insistence that people don’t change. Sudeikis knows how to play jarringly nasty — see “Colossal,” for one — but choked-up can be a reach here.

It’s not an unpleasant watch, on the nose or not. Olsen has a sexy calm about her, Sudeikis, so easy to dislike by virtue of the roles he plays and the cruel, smartass glint always in his eyes, is softening a bit as his career reaches middle age.

Thanks to some likable performances from Jason Sudeikis, Elizabeth Olsen and Ed Harris, it’s an entirely watchable if entirely by-the-numbers throwback to the sweet-and-sour Sundance-style indie films of yore. But there’s a blurry boundary between “vintage” and simply “passé,” and Kodachrome is too often caught on the wrong side of that line.

Thankfully the performances try to elevate the plot since each character seems catered to the actor cast.

Phenomenal. Kodachrome is a perfect display of the history of technology and the fast paced change that shaped it to what it is today. For the older audience it's a blast from the past to what they witnessed or grew up with and for the younger audience it's a more in depth view of what technology was like before the digital world came along. And some how among all this compelling memory and history, there's a even deeper meaning to be found in this **** lesson that things are not always what we believe them to be and you should always follow your dreams but also don't leave behind the things you love. I strongly recommend this film to all but get ready for a roller coaster of emotions.

A quite predictable road-trip about family reunification that is saved to a higher "Vote" by excellent acting by the two main protagonists, Ed Harris as the father and photographer Ben and Jason Sudeikis as Matt, his son. Harris plays the "(un)likable" misanthrope" with a strong character and quite some wit. I just wish that some of the photography of the father would have been more upfront and embedded into the storyline. Quite clever is the fact to actually have shot the movie on analog film, the colors are simply stunning.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

This films plot is interesting and I liked some parts of it but it felt too bland and the characters weren't really interesting enough to keep me engrossed, so I felt a bit detached from it. Its sad in parts, which is to be expected given the plot but overall it didn't really stand out. It seemed to me like a film length TV show. An ok watch but nothing more really.

Predictable drama about a father and son relationship that although it's not bad it's somewhat slow. Nothing memorable, it's nice and has respectable performances. Beyond that there's nothing else worth mentioning.