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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierSlant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierMuch like the work of generational cohort Michael Robinson, Alex Ross Perry's films are steeped in a viscous cultural past.
- 75Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisYou can feel the movie building away from the whiny comedy and toward something more emotionally raw then something sexually weird.
- 60The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottA singularly unpleasant movie: full of obnoxious characters in scenes that seem overwritten and under-rehearsed, oblivious to the most basic standards of tonal consistency, narrative coherence or visual decorum. But it is also sly, daring, genuinely original and at times perversely brilliant.
- 60Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoBoxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoA film about how outwardly alienating our circles are (much to the detriment of our careers) and how caustic our supposedly nurturing intimacies can be at the same time.
- 50Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyThere's handmade and then there's amateurish. This, alas, is the latter.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoAs an indulgence in creative verbal abuse, the film offers some nasty fun.
- 50Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleYou might not "like" Perry's movie, but it's hard to deny the forensically assured sensibility at work.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe Color Wheel is funny, but it has a dark streak that takes it into increasingly creepy territory as the siblings face down a procession of people who are even more screwed-up than they are.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearSome will call The Color Wheel daring. Others will remember that it takes more than desperate shocks to add substance to the sloppy diddlings of a dilettante.