Colin later vomits grossed out by Kim.Īfter the party JR and Colin stop bickering and arguing with each other and connect emotionally. JR walks into the room where Colin is making out, they engage in a heated argument with Kim. After Colin recovers, he makes out with Kim. Meanwhile, Colin gets into a fight with some guys at the party.
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JR agrees to come to the party and convinces Colin to come by reminding him that Kim will be there.Īt the party, the TV agent does not show up and JR has difficulty getting along with her former friends, who seem to have more successful lives than her. Julia convinces JR to come to her party promising a TV agent that Julia is friends with will be there. Julia is with her friend, Kim, who is Colin's childhood crush. Leaving from the diner, JR coincidentally meets her old best friend Julia. She tries to ask her for career advice, but Ms. Before Colin helps JR pickup her belongings from Neil, they engage in a dramatic verbal exchange with Neil. JR is surprised to find another girl, who appears to be a student, is in a relationship with Neil. The next day they arrive at Neil's place. Later, Colin vomits grossed out from the kiss. The owner is still skeptical so JR kisses Colin. Colin and JR tell him they are married in order to fool him. The motel owner will only allow married couples to share a room due to the owner's religious convictions. During the trip they constantly bicker and argue with each other, revealing that JR's relationship with her parents is dysfunctional.Ĭolin and JR arrive at a motel to spend the night. Neil and JR lived together until they broke up and JR dropped out of school. Neil is a broadcasting professor at the college JR went to. JR is an aspiring news anchor and asks Colin to accompany her on a road trip to pick up her belongings from her ex-boyfriend, Neil Chadwick. His troubled sister JR visits him asking for a favor. The Color Wheel was released in a limited release in the United States on May 18, 2012, by Factory25.Ĭolin lives with his girlfriend Zoe. Shot on black-and-white 16mm film, the film is noted for its unusual and abrasive style, rapid-fire dialogue, and dark plot.Īfter premiering at festivals in 2011, the film was named the best undistributed film of the year by the Indiewire and Village Voice polls, and placed 12th in a similar poll conducted by Film Comment. (Altman) and Colin (Perry) as they undertake a road trip to move J.R.'s belongings out of the home of her former lover and college professor ( Bob Byington). Perry co-wrote the film with Carlen Altman, who both also play the respective lead roles.Ī screwball black comedy, the film follows adult siblings J.R. The Color Wheel is a 2011 American independent film co-written, co-produced, edited, directed by and co-starring Alex Ross Perry.