Kaleidoscope (2023)
6/10
I love heist stories, but...
5 January 2023
Basically a good heist story, but this "random" thing... no, not for me. This didn't work for me when they tried it with that "Black Mirror Interactive" thing, either. A good story still depends on how it's told (for impact), it's just not supposed to be told in random chunks. I've watched it episode by episode, and that was disappointing.

Production value is good, most actors are really into it, but it's way too long (and that just for the sake of building enough chunks to offer the random option). Even someone like Giancarlo Esposito (who is great, as always) can't save a story that is not told well. I would prefer Netflix would stop this kind of experiments, as cinematic storytelling has a proven way of how to get the story across, like a good book does. This "interactive" thing is (and will remain) a weird myth of the nineties.
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