Something of a labour of love, Colour Me Kubrick is a short biopic of con-man Alan Conway who successfully posed as Stanley Kubrick during the director's lifetime. Played by John Malkovich at his most enduringly camp, Conway charms the socks, money and underpants from a string of wealthy suckers and gay young men. A master of his game, he gets people to write large cheques to cover fictitious donations to charity dinners as readily as conning twenty quid off a rock band to buy them (and him) fags and alcohol.

Wildly exuberant and certainly colourful, the film is well directed and acted. Its main shortcoming are two fold. The plot, such as it is, comprises a series of extended sketches until Conway's eventual apprehension, which lends an air of repetitiveness. Secondly, although Malkovich's intensely colourful campness is a remarkable achievement, he stage centres in practically every scene and if you cannot fall completely in love with it, the effeminate preening eventually can look dated and rather irritating.

Colour Me Kubrick is a traditional camp comedy with lots of cross-references for film fans. If you enjoy the first five minutes you will love it, otherwise it may have you climbing the walls.

Before I saw "Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story", I had never heard of this guy who pretended to be Stanley Kubrick. I thought that it was a pretty interesting movie. They set it up so that many scenes look like scenes from Kubrick's films. For example, the opening scene gives the impression of "A Clockwork Orange".

John Malkovich plays the impostor (and at one point, he even talks about trying to hire John Malkovich!). I gotta wonder how this guy got so many people to believe his lies, as he neither resembled the director nor knew too much about him. But he clearly convinced some people.

Anyway, I found it a fairly eye-opening story about the obsession with fame, if nothing else. Worth seeing.

This must be only movie besides "The Shining" to feature the song "Midnight, the Stars and You".

John Malkovich plays Alan Conway, a Stanley Kubrick impersonator. While knowing a limited amount about Kubrick and looking nothing like him, he manages to get people to cash checks for him, buy him drinks, cigarettes, while enticing young men. He leaves in his wake a sea of people taken in my his act. The film is funny, in a subtle kind of way. If you are familiar with Kubrick's films, especially "Clockwork Orange" and its soundtrack, you can appreciate how they wove it into the script. Indeed, the opening scene of an elderly couple sitting at home, while two hooligans (one in a derby) come visit while classical music is playing, had me hooked.

If you haven't seen "Clockwork Orange" you will miss the genius of the film. At one point our Kubrick impersonator is talking about making a movie with some unknown named John Malkovich. Enjoyable and clever, but not rip roaring funny.

No sex, or nudity. Homosexual themes.