Art School Confidential

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

Her father is a celebrated pop artist....It's a quirky, comedic murder mystery..... ... Full Review

Here the boyish freshman's ambition is to become the world's greatest artist, like his hero Picasso.....and Jerome's filmmaker roommate (Ethan Suplee), exploding with energy to create a cinematic masterpiece.....Filling out Jerome's world are a host of offbeat characters, including:....Art School Confidential" follows a talented young artist Jerome Platz (Max Minghella) as he escapes from high school to a tiny East Coast art school..... ... Full Review

The saving grace of the earlier film was its heart and genuine affection for its characters.....so smug and superior that it's off-putting....Even the always amusing Ethan Suplee....the talents of Malkovich and Anjelica Huston, who receives limited screen time as another of Jerome's professors....a talented yet picked-on young artist.... ... Full Review

Art School Confidential" is rated R for frequent use of strong profanity and other crude and sexually suggestive talk, strong violence (including beatings, fisticuffs and strangulation, as well as sexual violence), female and full male nudity, brief drug content (marijuana references) and brief gay sex (overheard). ... Full Review

The visual harmony between film and comics may explain how movies like Sin City and The Matrix take root in both media....Art School Confidential isn't a disaster....Seymour in Ghost World obsesses over old blues recordings, but the movie treats him with great affection, and no wonder:....Without that, surprisingly, this string of jokes just isn't as funny.....While Zwigoff captures the look of Clowes' pages, what's distinctive about both their bodies of work is how well they handle their offbeat characters ... Full Review