Synopsis
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
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Cast
- John CusackPeter Burton
- James SpaderTim Gerrity
- Imogen StubbsDiana Stiles
- Mandy PatinkinJohn Palmeri
- Richard WidmarkSen. James Stiles
- Dina MerrillJoan Stiles
- Philip BoscoSen. Frank Steubens
- Paul GuilfoyleJohn Laury
- Brad SullivanFBI Agent Abernathy
- Russell Dennis BakerTodd
Recommandations
- 63
Boston Globe
Along with Cusack's marvelously natural performance, True Colors offers a premise deeper than most twentysomething-audience movies. The ethical conflicts between Spader and Cusack are thought-provoking, if simplistic and exaggerated. At the same time, True Colors seems to scream Cultural Statement. It's self-consciously anthemic. [26 Apr 1991, p.74] - 63
Boston Globe
Along with Cusack's marvelously natural performance, True Colors offers a premise deeper than most twentysomething-audience movies. The ethical conflicts between Spader and Cusack are thought-provoking, if simplistic and exaggerated. At the same time, True Colors seems to scream Cultural Statement. It's self-consciously anthemic. [26 Apr 1991, p.74] - 58
Entertainment Weekly
The movie does have the gifted Spader, superb in the thankless role of the Good One. The lightweight Cusack, however, doesn’t have the authority to play an incipient demagogue. His juvenile performance turns True Colors hopelessly monochromatic. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
The movie does have the gifted Spader, superb in the thankless role of the Good One. The lightweight Cusack, however, doesn’t have the authority to play an incipient demagogue. His juvenile performance turns True Colors hopelessly monochromatic. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
True Colors requires more than the willing suspension of disbelief; it demands a willful abandonment of incredulity. - 50
Washington Post
True Colors rushes by at a hectic pace, never allowing the story to gain momentum. Despite good performances from the two leads, the film has the feel of a cautionary stampede. While it aspires to lofty heights, it never really goes much beyond the rules of behavior prescribed by the Boy Scout Handbook. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Movies about political corruption generally bog down in moralistic quicksands. Few American films have the courage to take their cynicism to the limit, and True Colors is no exception. This Capra-corny reliance on the ultimate sagacity of The People doesn’t jibe with the film’s fine edge of avarice. Tim is righteousness incarnate, and Spader can’t seem to pull a performance out of all that goodness. He is uncomfortably upstanding in the role. He looks as though he would rather swap roles with Cusack. - 50
Chicago Tribune
The setup is so startlingly unlike the rest of True Colors, so moody and visually ambiguous, that it hits you both with the force of the moment and with regret for what this movie might have been. [05 Apr 1991, p.D]
