James Delingpole James Delingpole

Heist drama with a novelty spin that isn’t very novel: Netflix’s Kaleidoscope reviewed

Experimental author B.S. Johnson got here 54 years earlier with his 1969 novel-in-a-box

A liability from the moment you meet him: Jai Courtney as Bob Goodwin in Kaleidoscope. Credit: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022

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