Fresh
Curiously, this relentlessly cynical tone turns out sounding refreshingly original compared to the usual pieties in the genre.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Art School Confidential
Who said anything about talent?
2006 · 1h 42m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Terry Zwigoff
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Art School Confidential
Overview
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
35%
Tomatometer
Fresh
No matter which is the real imitator, life or art, Art School Confidential does its own fine job skewering both.
Ted Fry, Seattle Times
Rotten
The film loses its way with multiple subplots, becoming a hodgepodge that isn't particularly hard to follow, but, far worse, provides no compelling reason to bother.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
A movie with the odd, tired joke about art and artists, a college romance that isn't romantic, and a plot twist that doesn't twist at all.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Zwigoff's angry expose of this intense, tiny subculture isn't fair to anyone in the art world, but if you can stomach the overstatement, it's often scathingly funny. And it's sometimes scathingly smart.
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
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