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Fast Color

2018

Julia Hart

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Strathairn, Lorraine Toussaint, Christopher Denham ...

5.4

144

Drama. Sci-Fi. Thriller 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.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"[It] digs deep beneath the paranormal glitz on its surface to examine challenges to female empowerment and to hurl us into a troubled world that looks very much like our own (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Alan Zilberman The Washington Post	"By finding the right note of empathy, Hart creates a space for the audience to share their doggedly earned hope."
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"A nifty little film, a smart, adventurous and surprising production made with visible care and considerable love."
		Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"[Its] 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."
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"Rewarding despite its restraint, the movie has an elasticity that pushes the imagination in any number of directions, offering an expressive allegory for a lineage of powerful black women"
		Rex Reed The New York Observer	"The title 'Fast Color' is just as meaningless as everything else in the movie, which hobbles along stretching the parameters of female empowerment but fails to hold audience attention (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Gugu Mbatha-Raw gives one of her best performances (...) A fresh variation on the superhero story"
		Amy Nicholson Variety	"'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."
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"This is one of my favorite movies of the year so far (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"[It] comes from a lineage of masterful films that uses sci-fi to tell relatable, emotional stories, but it also feels remarkably fresh."
		John Fink The Film Stage	"Despite terrific technical aspects (...) 'Fast Color' never quite finds its narrative footing"
		Monica Castillo The Wrap	"When all the puzzle-like pieces come together, the movie's characters, story, score and emotions soar (...) It's a movie with a racing pulse, and you can feel its heart in every frame."

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