A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art.
Writer-director Jonathan Parker sets us up for a 90-minute debate on aesthetics and artistic integrity, and that's a tedious exercise in any medium.
– Ian Buckwalter,
NPR,
4 Jul 2010
fresh:
Skewers the world of contemporary art in a way that's insightful and funny without becoming a broad parody.
– Eric D. Snider,
Film.com,
21 Nov 2009
fresh:
The impenetrable gallery jargon is quite funny at first, and the brothers' twisted relationship is set up nicely, but the movie errs when it takes itself seriously.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
12 Nov 2009
rotten:
(Untitled) asks a lot of intriguing questions -- more intriguing than the film itself.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
12 Nov 2009
fresh:
A serious comedy in which the assorted players - a couple of artists, some gallerists, and the people who attend (or don't attend) their shows - discuss what art is, what it should aspire to be, and what kind of people collect, exhibit, and consider it.