The Color Wheel

The Best American Comedy of the Last 10 Years
A wonderful screwball comedy with the visual stylings of Vincent Gallo and the literary style of Philip Roth. Carlen Altman (also a co-writer) delivers an excellent performance as JR. I can't wait to see more films by actor/co-writer/director Alex Ross Perry. Please buy the film and help support one of America's best young filmmakers.

Messy, and almost certainly genius
I look forward to giving this picture a full response on my end-of-year best list. THE COLOR WHEEL is occasionally smug and unnecessarily niche, but it thrives because it skirts a very brave line between "hipster calling another hipster a hipster" and sincere storytelling pleasure. It shows a fantastic joy for dramatic scenario, especially in one scene where JR confronts her professor/lover. The "unlikability" of every character allows the world to slide almost effortlessly into the surreal -- so anchored in rhetorical and situational reality, but unhinged by purposefully clichéd archetypes (i.e. the overly obnoxious Bro Extraordinaire's at the party).

THE COLOR WHEEL is a messy, unrehearsed, sloppy, road trip -- but the kind that you'll remember for a long time. Alex is destined to make another picture. I very much look forward to that.

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saw this in LA. it's well worth watching!
i caught this movie at the downtown independent theater in LA and thoroughly enjoyed it! i highly recommend it to anyone looking for a film that's smart, funny, and well-acted. watch it and you'll be glad you did.

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