Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- flamboyant
- sardonic
- absurd
- lazy sunday
- cinephile comedy night
What critics said
Critics found the premise and John Malkovich’s flamboyant performance entertaining, but felt the episodic impersonation comedy offered little insight and became repetitive.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Alan Conway is accepted as Stanley Kubrick because strangers project artistic prestige and personal fantasies onto him.
Conway cycles through Kubrick-like presentations and shifting costumes to secure hospitality from different acquaintances.
The production echoes Kubrick-associated framing and uses music from A Clockwork Orange and 2001 during Conway’s fantasies.
Conway turns a confident manner and minimal film knowledge into free drinks, meals, and social deference.
Films like Colour Me Kubrick, and why
Catch Me If You Can
shared identity fraud premise, playful celebrity satire, and brisk comic pacing
The Talented Mr. Ripley
shared flamboyant impersonation, queer-adjacent social performance, and satirical comedy
Withnail & I
shared British eccentricity, absurd social comedy, and outsider performance
Being There
shared theatrical self-invention, celebrity culture critique, and darkly comic tone
Movie Details
- Director
- Brian W. Cook
- Release Date
- 2005-10-06
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (89)
Cast
- John Malkovich
- Sam Redford
- Tom Allen
- Lynda Baron
- Linda Bassett
- Nick Barber
- Angus Barnett
- Marisa Berenson
- Honor Blackman
- Peter Bowles
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Dox Amazon Channel, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Colour Me Kubrick about?
- A flamboyant London fantasist borrows Stanley Kubrick’s name to turn other people’s admiration into free hospitality and temporary power.
- What is Colour Me Kubrick like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Colour Me Kubrick as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Colour Me Kubrick violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Colour Me Kubrick.
- What did critics think of Colour Me Kubrick?
- Critics found the premise and John Malkovich’s flamboyant performance entertaining, but felt the episodic impersonation comedy offered little insight and became repetitive.
- Which films are like Colour Me Kubrick?
- Films with a similar feel include Catch Me If You Can, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Withnail & I, and Being There.
- How long is Colour Me Kubrick?
- Colour Me Kubrick runs 86 minutes.
- Where can I watch Colour Me Kubrick?
- In United States, Colour Me Kubrick streams on Dox Amazon Channel, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel.
