Art School Confidential

This is basically another one of those 'awkward teenage boy tries to get the beautiful girl' kind of flicks, which all the while pokes fun at the world of art and art school in particular. Having graduated with a BA in... Full review

DISAPPOINTED - I saw some potential as some of the charcters developed, but halfway through the movie the plot takes over and the characters reveal themselves as shallow and hardly true-to-life. The plot became stupid and not credible. This made the... Full review

The movie is nothing more than a thin stew of cliched characters. Every simplistic idea that anyone has ever had about artists is present here, and the film has nothing newer to say about art or artists than that most students... Full review

If you didn't like this movie you don't have a sense of humor or a sense of fun. Not biting satire but hilarious stereotypes - protagonist's roomie deserves best supporting Oscar... I loved the whole movie and laughed all the way... Full review

Everyone says Art is subjective. Well, no longer. This movie was SO bad. The plot was lame. There were NO likable characters - NONE. And the entire cast of characters was stupid! Shouldn't a film have at least one person in... Full review

I had reasonably high hopes for this when I saw it was another collaboration between Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff.....I thought "Ghost World" brilliant. This however was nearly unwatchable, poorly written, broad stereotypes, bad acting, boring visuals.....you name it, this film... Full review

Simply put, this movie is about art school and a serial killer. The art school aspects are wonderful, funny, accurate. The murder mystery is uninteresting and unnecessary.... Full review

I just finished watching this movie and decided to check out some of the reviews. I was surprised to see some of the low reviews. I guess if you liked How To Lose a Guy in 10 days than maybe this... Full review

Young and confused our protagonist adopts the personna of a notorious strangler who happens to be an art/life mentor of his. He took the shortcut to art fame but at the cost of doing it behind bars. Yeh, not very plausible... Full review

The movie was awesome in the beginning and middle but the only the thing the was disappointing was that main character never noticed the personal items on the paintings by by the killer and went jail and became famous for something... Full review

This is not, in short, the feel-good movie of the summer. ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL is a quirky and diverting entertainment full of truth and absurdity, not unlike reality. Played by Jim Broadbent with sad eyes and venomous demeanor ... Full Review

We first encounter Jerome Platz, the hapless hero of Terry Zwigoff's hapless "Art School Confidential," at the business end of a bully's fist. ... Full Review

its most effective when it focuses on Jerome's clumsy attempts to endear himself to Audrey....The movie's comic swipes....Taken on its own terms, "Art School Confidential" makes for very fun viewing.....never quite fits properly into the film....some unfair expectations for this film.... ... Full Review

Art School Confidential is a tired mix of dumb jokes and stereotypes:.... ... Full Review

the film's laughs still resonate through the spic-and-span treatment.....Art School Confidential is also poignant....illuminates egghead depression as vividly as director Terry Zwigoff's previous, better films Ghost World and Crumb....The audio track is good but predictably front-heavy:.... ... Full Review

n the same evolutionary ladder as Donnie Darko , Ghost World , The Rules of Attraction , and Art School Confidential , Cashback occupies the lowest, Cro-Magnon rung. ... Full Article

Right away, Murder Party immediately strikes as a hybrid between Art School Confidential , Reservoir Dogs , and The Breakfast Club . There are also very direct references to The Warriors and Fright Night . ... Full Article

Helmed by Scorsese, , this multi-layered mystery is a cinematic masterpiece unnecessarily marred by gratuitous gore. This low-budget B-movie lacks in production values it more than makes up for with charm via a gifted cast capable of executing a clever... ... Full Article

Despite the micro-budget production values, Sherrybaby is an engrossing, bittersweet tale of human failings and redemption. The problem with the movie is that it relies on virtually every stale staple of the sports genre en route to its transparent payoff. ... Full Article

The problem with the movie is that it relies on virtually every stale staple of the sports genre en route to its transparent payoff. A caustic, comical commentary on the prospects of a culture inclined to pander to the lowest... ... Full Article

When Jerome Platz (Zachary Maurer) is in middle school, he and his classmates are assigned to dress up as their favorite historical figures, then describe themselves to a room full of blank, made-up and bearded faces. ... Full Article