Synopsis
A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.
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Cast
- Gugu Mbatha-RawRuth
- Saniyya SidneyLila
- Lorraine ToussaintBo
- David StrathairnEllis
- Christopher DenhamBill
- Ryan BegayFirst Fireman
- Matthew Van WetteringMotorcycle Cop
- Jermaine WashingtonSecond Fireman
- Michael E. StognerTownsman
- Richard L. OlsenThe Older Man
Recommendations
- 83
Consequence
It’s intelligent, frequently resonant, and even wryly funny at points in its own weary way. This is sci-fi which trusts its audience to fill in the blanks and do just a little bit of the heavy lifting, and it’s better off for it. - 80
The New York Times
Moody and strange, Fast Color has a solemnity that haunts almost every frame. - 67
IndieWire
Despite some obvious budgetary constraints and irksome plot holes, the movie strives to provide an alternative vision of the superhero narrative tied to the genuine experiences of people learning to come out of their shells and confront a new future for blackness, motherhood, and women taking charge. - 67
The A.V. Club
While the story may be flimsy in places, the performances are anything but. - 60
Rolling Stone
The tightly-focused origin story of Ruth, played with ferocity and feeling by Gugu Mbatha-Raw, is still one hell of a heroic odyssey. - 58
The Film Stage
Fast Color, like A Wrinkle in Time, provides an empowering message without much to latch on to. Hart, who impressed with her debut drama Miss Stevens, offers a banal, tired narrative, despite strong performances and occasionally beautiful visuals. - 50
Variety
Ultimately, Fast Color’s thesis is more inspirational than the film, which often seems like it, too, is struggling to swirl itself into something more solid. Instead, its magical sparks don’t quite congeal as the audience can’t help hoping a movie this empathetic and unusual reaches transcendence - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Hart has fashioned a tale of matriarchal inheritance, but one whose fierce message is undercut rather than deepened by its child's-book clarity. The intriguing setup receives underpowered execution, the intended jolts landing all too softly.
