Edith Hobbart Outrageous, delightful, astonishing one man show by the phenomenal John Malkovich. They tell us the story is a true-ish tale and they could have fooled me because it feels, the story and the character, like escapees from a Monty Python project. John Malkovich goes further that most people who ventures into a trueish story. Leonardo Di Caprio in "Catch Me If You Can" plays a true life con who gets away with the most incredible things but we buy that people buy it because there is something so believable in Di Caprio's persona. John Malkovich goes the opposite way. He doesn't care whether you believe it or not because he believes it. It is a spectacular performance and that alone makes Color Me Kubrick a must.

njmollo If any proof was needed to show that John Malkovich is probably the most over-rated actor of his generation, then this it it. His performance is a total embarrassment, as is his attempt at an English accent.What is a great premise for a movie is ruined within minutes by inept direction and poor casting. In the most unsubtle and ham-fisted of ways this film tries to reference Kubrick's pictures by using music associated with his films. Two boys walk down a west London street with....what else but bowler hats.This is unwatchable rubbish, plain and simple.

Leon B I'm generally a bit miffed with kuberick films but I was totally blown by Alan Conway. totally blown. Colour Me Kubrick never relies on an ambitious cut - no matter how often it's quoted in film history books on showing something to the audience. There is no posturing about a glorious cinematic language - its just perfect storytelling. If a character wants to talk to the camera then he does. If a jump cut needs to happen to cover up something unbelievable then it does. If there are almost offensive caricatures that serve the point of the film then they run free. This is one of the funniest films i've ever seen. Absolutely, uninhibitedly outrageous and engrossing. When the 2001 theme is playing as Malcovich walks across the street and dumps his dirty laundry into a washing machine at the laundromat you can't help but feel as though Cook's having a dig at one of the most vacuous arty statements ever to be canonised. And when Lee Pratt descends the stairs lip syncing Lionel Richie's "Hello" its tough to find a rival soundtrack moment in the entire Kubrick back-catalogue.

otaku777 Allow me to preface this whole review by saying that the more familiar you are with the works of Stanley Kubrick, the more enjoyable this film will be for you.If you are only slightly familiar with Kubrick, and are not interested in seeing a John Malkevich playing an impressively nuanced, yet unprogressing character (after seeing, one has to admit it was quite the feat), then your $10 is probably better spent elsewhere. However, if you are like me and get a kick out any work that can thread in a Kubrick allusion without making any excuses, this film might be right up your alley.Within this film there is no great commentary, no grand message, and no prevailing plot. What it does contain is one compelling character, one twisted journey, and whole host of inside jokes which, if you are in on the bit, make this film worth every penny of the ticket price. A confidence man, Alan (Malkevich), grifts his way through every episode of this linear yet non-Aristelean film by pretending to be the reclusive film director, Stanley Kubrick. Every episode is structured around an allusion (which Alan never seems to get because it appears as though he has never actually seen a Kubrick movie) to one of Kubrick's greatest scenes.I believe giving too much more else will ruin the ride for those that care to take it. And, oh my, what a weirdly wonderful ride it is.