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    Kinds Of Kindness

    Featured In Issue Issue 275, September/October 2024

    Picture4
    Sound3.5
    WSR Score3
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    (Studio/Distributor):
    Walt Disney Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number):
    63842
    (MPAA Rating):
    R
    (Rating Reason):
    Strong disturbing violent content, strong sexual content, full nudity and language
    (Retail Price):
    $40.99
    (Disc Type):
    Single Side, Dual Layer (BD-50)
    (Widescreen Edition):
    Yes
    (Full Screen Edition):
    (Running Time In Minutes):
    165
    (Color Type):
    Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access):
    Yes
    (Closed Captioned):
    Yes
    (Regional Coding):
    ABC
    (Theatrical Year):
    (Theatrical Release):
    Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release):
    No
    (Disc Release Date):
    10/8/2024
    (THX® Digitally Mastered):
    (Director):
    Yorgos Lanthimos
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    (Disc Soundtrack):
    DTS HD Lossless 5.1
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    "Kinds of Kindness" is a triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life, a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person, and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader. (Gary Reber)

    Special features include the featurette "It Takes All Kinds: The Vision Of Kinds of Kindness" (HD 15:14), two deleted scenes (HD 01:04) and a Movies Anywhere digital copy.

    The 2.39:1 1080p AVC picture, reviewed on a VIZIO Quantum X P85QX-JI UHD/HDR display, was photographed on Kodak Vision3 and other film stock in anamorphic Panavision® using the Arricam LT, Arricam ST and Arriflex 235 camera systems and sourced from a 4K Digital Intermediate. Film grain is smooth and never objectionable. The picture exhibits a natural color palette with saturated hues, such as blues. The on-location imagery are realistically hued throughout all three stories. There are black-and-white "flash back" sequences with good gray scale density. Flesh tones appear realistic. Contrast appears dynamic with deep black levels, dark shadows and natural white levels. Resolution is decent, especially during closeups. Overall, the imagery is filmic but with a weird off-beat sense of edginess, which succeeds well. (Gary Reber)

    The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1-channel soundtrack is dialogue focused. The dialogue is unusually forward, perhaps by design, and as such does not integrate at all with the other sound elements. The music is weird with an eerie edge to it. It is comprised of a lone pounding piano (C8 and B-B flat/A sharp-A), a screaming choir, and synthesizer orchestrations. The occasional sound effect, such as a car crash or a gun that is fired, is effective. Atmospherics sound realistic. The surround channels offer essentially subtle discernible ambient environmental sounds. The sound elements, sans the dialogue, especially the choral element, extends to the surrounds for well-integrated holosonic® envelopment. The weird part is the loud, forward dialogue. (Gary Reber)

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