The Color of Time 2012

Sara Stewart, New York Post: The uniformity of its languorous, lens-flared visuals may wear on all but the most ardent Terrence Malick devotees, many of whom, I suspect, are also grad students. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: Another in a growing line of pretentious James Franco disasters nobody will ever see. Read more

Boyd van Hoeij, Variety: Pretty and pretty derivative. Read more

Jesse Hassenger, AV Club: Franco makes a lot of art, both good and bad. But no one provides a bolder example of the vanishing lines that used to separate movie stars, fringe artists, and working actors. Read more

Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter: There is just about enough narrative to hold interest, while the lyrical camerawork, constantly in motion, blurred images and all, offers a single emotion that is impossible to stretch over a feature-length film. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: "The Color of Time" is an odd bird in that its 12 cooks don't necessarily spoil the broth. The problem is that they leave it as broth. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: A cool concept, and A for effort. Read more

Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: The film is too sincere an expression of admiration for this poet's work to feel pretentious, but it's like a music video for the poems, often literal in its biographical readings. Read more

Inkoo Kang, Village Voice: Some of the fault lies with the film's 11 directors, whose polished, washed-out, visually consistent contributions aren't separated into individual chapters, but pieced together into an atmospheric whole. Read more