Chromophobia
- 2005
- Britain/France/US2
- 2h 20min
- 15
- Directed by: Martha Fiennes
- Cast: Damian Lewis, Kristin Scott Thomas, Penelope Cruz
What's supposed to be a drama with a satirical edge comes across as a mean-spirited dissection of a wealthy upper-middle class British family. The plot revolves around an ambitious London lawyer and his uptight wife, a meddling investigative journalist and the gay godfather to the couple's dysfunctional eight-year-old son. The admittedly fine ensemble cast is largely wasted playing characters that are unsympathetic, and as a result the film completely fails to engage.
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Chromophobia
31 Jan 2008
(15) 135min
Writer-director Martha Fiennes’ follow-up to her impressive debut, Onegin, is a disappointment. The cool manner with which Fiennes told the story of the emotionally distant St Petersburg aristocrat in that film is here frozen solid, so that what’s…
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