![]() Jones, for his part, turns Carl from a befuddled sad sack into a snarling incel, who thinks nothing of locking his mother out in the cold. Reid plays Aileen as a cheerful mother, who plays up an angle of being plagued by her son’s attitude towards her. The scenes Reid and Jones share are by far some of the best and this twisted relationship between mother and son is picked apart through snide comments and dismissive asides. Appearing unannounced at Carl’s home, she passive aggressively berates her son, unware of the terrible things he is capable of. ![]() Whilst the film could just simply evolve into a one man show in which we see the paranoid Carl try to cover his track, it throws a matriarchal spanner into the works in the shape of Carl’s domineering mother, Aileen (Anne Reid). ![]() With Abby’s brashness being the perfect antidote to Carl’s crippling shyness, it makes it all the more tragic knowing that something terrible is going to happen.Īnd when it does, Kaleidoscope becomes a brooding psychological thriller where our protagonist is so pathetic, you’re almost tricked into cheering him on as he considers cutting up Abby’s body so it’ll fit into a wheelie bin. Bringing her back to his apartment, murder seems to be far off the agenda as the would-be lovers drink, smoke and dance in the living room. He meets Abby (Sinead Matthews), a gobby party girl who the audience will recognize at the soon-to-be corpse in Carl’s bathroom. First by trying to start his own gardening business and second, by trying to find love online. Recently out of prison and a teetotaler, he’s trying to move on with his life. Carl is a loner, his only real confident is the neighbor he runs errands for when he’s shopping. Turning back the clock, Rupert Jones, who also wrote the screenplay, takes us back to before all this happened and then going on to showing us the fallout. There’s lipstick on a glass, cigarette ash in a saucer, a broken chair on the landing and a bruised and bloody corpse in his bathroom. Waking up in his rundown apartment in London, Carl appears hungover, unable to fully understand what he’s been up to. Toby Jones plays Carl, who we first meet the morning after the night before. You can also add to this short list: Kaleidoscope, the feature length directorial debut from his own brother, Rupert Jones. For evidence, look to Capote or Berberian Sound Studio. He is an actor who rarely gets top billing, so when the opportunity arises, you would be foolhardy to miss out on him leading the pack. ![]() Indeed, he is by far one of the few highlights of the miserable thriller, The Snowman. Toby Jones is an actor who manages to heighten any material he’s in, from recent work in Atomic Blonde to lighter affair such as Dad’s Army. ![]() While the Arts Council of Indianapolis makes every effort to present accurate and reliable information on this site, it does not endorse, approve, or certify such information, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness, or correct sequencing of such information.A psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother No adjudication or selection process was used to develop this site or the artists and organizations featured. All information contained within the database and website was provided by the artists or arts organizations. Croix Valley MN/WI | Stillwater MN | Tallahassee FL | Toronto ON | Utah | Ventura CA | York County PAĭisclaimer: The Arts Council of Indianapolis provides this database and website as a service to artists, arts organizations, and consumers alike. Artsopolis Network Members: Akron OH | Austin TX | Bainbridge Island WA | Birmingham AL | Boston MA | Cape Cod MA | Charlotte NC | Cincinnati OH | Cleveland OH | Colorado Springs CO | Columbia SC | DuPage County IL | Durham NC | Flagstaff AZ | Flint MI | Fort Lauderdale FL | Indianapolis IN | Kalamazoo MI | Kansas City MO | KeepMovingOKC | Macon GA | Main Line Area PA | Marin County CA | Marquette County MI | Mendocino County CA | Middlesex County NJ | Milwaukee WI | Montgomery County MD | Nantucket, MA | Napa Valley CA | Nashville TN | Niagara County NY | Oklahoma City OK | Orange County CA | Orlando FL | Ottawa IL | Palm Desert CA | Pittsburgh PA | Providence RI | Richardson TX | Roswell GA | Sacramento CA | San Antonio TX | San Diego CA | Sarasota FL | St. © 2023 - Arts Council of Indianapolis - All Rights Reserved. ![]()
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