Synopsis
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
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Cast
- John MalkovichAlan Conway
- Sam RedfordToby
- Tom AllenCharles
- Lynda BaronMrs. Vitali
- Linda BassettTrolley Lady
- Nick BarberDenzil
- Angus BarnettAce
- Marisa BerensonAlex Witchell
- Honor BlackmanMadam
- Peter BowlesCyril
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
A sly, enormously entertaining romp based on the antics of real-life Brit conman Alan Conway who rooked his way around '90s London posing as Stanley Kubrick. - 80
Washington Post
Color Me Kubrick is like a nice, deep, clear cocktail of ammonia on the rocks: bracing, comic, astonishing, all of which hide its poison center. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
The film reveals, rather delectably, how potent the power of suggestion can be in a world gone madly groupie. - 75
Chicago Tribune
In Color Me Kubrick, John Malkovich has one of the roles of his life, and he acts it up like a haughty gourmet who's just picked up a succulent treat. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Scarcely an insightful biographical portrait, Color Me Kubrick is still interesting, perhaps even intimidating, as a study of the way fandom can so readily be turned against itself. - 67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It's entertaining if not exactly enlightening. - 50
Rolling Stone
If you can't watch John Malkovich being John Malkovich, it's still a kick watching him play Alan Conway, a gay Brit who pretended to be the legendary and reclusive director Stanley Kubrick during the 1990s. - 30
New York Magazine (Vulture)
The movie is endless even at less than 90 minutes. You could use it, "A Clockwork Orange" style, as aversion therapy for seemingly incorrigible con artists.
