This is an ambitious project from director Julia Hart, who is a talented artist in her own right. There’s a lot here to like, and you can see the pieces of an incredible film here...

| Original Score: B- | May 10, 2024

In Fast Color, cast members bring warmth and empathy to their roles. David Strathairn is a welcome presence in a key supporting part.

| Nov 8, 2023

Beautifully conceived both narratively and visually; thematically rich and full of inspiration. This is a film truly worth championing, and I’m happy to do so.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 20, 2022

At times awkwardly uneven. But the mystery that powers Ruth's plight, echoing the world's dried-up agony, is atmospherically rich, and the film, like its protagonists, carries a certain grace.

| Original Score: 6.1/10 | Aug 21, 2020

Fast Color is a story from the heart. Each actor makes the characters their own, bringing dimension and emotion to every scene. We witness three black women harnessing their power as people and as supernatural beings.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 27, 2020

A very rich, lively, humane mess.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 17, 2020

[Gugu Mbatha-Raw] delivers a laudable, restrained, and complex performance. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 22, 2019

A terrific movie that juggles several different genres with enormous skill and economy.

| Sep 27, 2019

A subdued take on the superhero film...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 19, 2019

It's a strange and enticing mix: a superhero origin story and sci-fi paranormal effects mix with apocalyptic allegory.

| Aug 15, 2019

Fast Color, a low-budget, sci-fi indie drama (...) operates within the superhero sub-genre, but without the plastic, toy-selling bombast these films have become known for.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Jul 17, 2019

... don't confuse Fast Color for a standard superhero tale. This isn't a story in which heroes level cities in their quest to defeat evil, but is one of unconditional love, creation, and sacrifice.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 16, 2019

Fast Color really is a lovely, quiet movie... Lorraine Touissant steals the show as the matriarch of the family and Gugu Mbatha-Raw is as magnetic as ever as the lead.

| Jul 10, 2019

Through visions of family and generational trauma, Fast Color stands tall as a specialty listing, something I would call a "Pre-Power" story. When that power comes alive, the results reach fantastical heights.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 19, 2019

As more and more filmgoers learn to speak in the modern pidgin language of comic book, let's hope Fast Color is a sign of conversations to come.

| Original Score: A- | Jun 18, 2019

The more you find out, the more [Julia] Hart's film settles into a kind of ponderous groove that eventually works its way into a solid story arc but struggles to register on the Richter scale.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 10, 2019

One of those small, mighty movies that can easily slip under the radar in a busy season of blockbusters.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 6, 2019

Fast Color has been labeled a "superhero origin story" in much of its marketing materials. But that characterization is much too narrow for what the film encompasses.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 30, 2019

[The metaphor] doesn't have to be [hidden] when it's so smartly interwoven with the fabric of such a personal narrative concerning a single family under duress.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 27, 2019

So, what's "Fast Color" about? From the establishing scenes, it's not immediately clear and that's the gently hypnotic splendor of the movie: it casts its spell right away and keeps you in a trance throughout.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 3, 2019