{{No plot|date=October 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = The Rainbow Experiment | image = | alt = | caption = | writer = Christina Kallas | starring = {{plainlist| * Connor Siemer * Richard Liriano * Patrick Bonck * Nina Mehta * Christine McLaughlin * Stratos Tzortzoglou * Lauren Sowa * Swann Gruen * Christian Coulson }} | music = Joseph Conlan | cinematography = David Sharples | editing = Natalie Reneau | studio = Alliecine | director = Christina Kallas | producer = Christina Kallas<br>Allison Vanore | distributor = Gravitas Ventures | released = {{Film date|2018|01|20|Slamdance Film Festival|2018|12|7|US|df=y}} | runtime = 130 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''The Rainbow Experiment''''' is a 2018 American drama film directed by Christina Kallas, starring Connor Siemer, Richard Liriano, Patrick Bonck, Nina Mehta, Christine McLaughlin, Stratos Tzortzoglou, Lauren Sowa, Swann Gruen and Christian Coulson.
==Cast== * Connor Siemer as Matty Fairchild * Richard Liriano as JC Caraballo * Patrick Bonck as Jess Williamson * Nina Mehta as Lisa Dhawan * Christine McLaughlin as Toni McKenna * Stratos Tzortzoglou as Nicky Kazan * Lauren Sowa as Allis Wilmore * Swann Gruen as Ross Fairchild * Christian Coulson as Adam Kazan * Chris Beetem as Jamie Freeman * Kevin Kane as David McKenna * Francis Benhamou as Anna Guerrero
==Release== The film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival on 20 January 2018.<ref name = "Arceneaux"/> It was released in the United States on 7 December.<ref name = "THR Staff"/>
==Reception== Shelagh Rowan-Legg of ''ScreenAnarchy'' wrote that "By recounting these stories of the private and public politics, the emotional and the professional, Kallas asks her audience to understand and question how easily we think we can know what happened in any terrible accident."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://screenanarchy.com/2018/01/slamdance-2018-review-the-rainbow-experiment.html|title= Slamdance 2018 Review: THE RAINBOW EXPERIMENT, Educational Nightmares|last= Rowan-Legg|first= Shelagh|date= 21 January 2018|website= ScreenAnarchy|publisher= |access-date= 5 October 2022|quote=}}</ref>
Bill Arceneaux of ''Film Threat'' gave the film a score of 3 out of 5 wrote that Kallas is "completely capable of guiding with a strong editorial hand, the improv-heavy cast to its emotionally resonant and truly tense moments."<ref name = "Arceneaux">{{cite web |url= https://filmthreat.com/reviews/the-rainbow-experiment/|title= THE RAINBOW EXPERIMENT|last= Arceneaux|first= Bill|date= 21 January 2018|website= Film Threat|publisher= |access-date= 5 October 2022|quote=}}</ref>
''The Hollywood Reporter'' called the film "a year's worth of soap opera, condensed to 130 minutes."<ref name = "THR Staff">{{cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/rainbow-experiment-1167023/|title= 'The Rainbow Experiment': Film Review|author= THR Staff|date= 6 December 2018|website= The Hollywood Reporter|publisher= |access-date= 5 October 2022|quote=}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|5037684|The Rainbow Experiment}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|the_rainbow_experiment|The Rainbow Experiment}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rainbow Experiment}} Category:American drama films Category:2018 drama films Category:2018 films Category:English-language drama films Category:2018 American films Category:2018 English-language films