Garmento (2003)
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 22
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 16
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Average Rating: 2.9/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 8
No consensus yet.
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Writer/director Michele Maher makes her feature debut with the satirical black comedy Garmento. Set in the garment district in N.Y.C. during the early '90s, fashion rookie Grindy Malone (Katie MacNichol) gets a job as an assistant to Ronnie Grossman (David Thornton), executive for Poncho Ramirez Inc. She meets the other industry players, including haughty Franca Fortuna (Saundra Santiago), assistant Rimi Stone (Gretchen Cleevely), flamboyant Jasper Judson (Jason Butler Harner), and designer
Mar 10, 2002 Wide
Spanish Moss Productions
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Cast
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Katie MacNichol
Grindy Malone -
David Thornton
Ronnie Grossman -
Jerry Grayson
Ira Gold -
Saundra Santiago
Franca Fortuna -
Gretchen Cleevely
Rimi Stone -
Jason Butler Harner
Jasper Judson -
Juan Carlos Hernández
Poncho Ramirez -
Matt Servitto
Louie Purdaro -
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Larry Block
Store Manager -
Maggie Burke
Miriam -
Danny Darrow
Salesman -
Denny Dillon
Sylvia Walsh -
Kevin Geer
Jack Kearns -
Gil Rogers
Detective -
Howard Spiegel
Mel -
Jonathan Klein
Poncho Commercial -
Ben Wang
Shoji -
Uzi Parnes
Poncho Commercial -
Geoffrey Cantor
Fred MacMoudi -
Kevin Sussman
Caesar -
Cassidy Ladden
Young Grindy -
Joey Kern
Tye -
Michaela Conlin
Marcy -
Larry Marx
Jobber -
Michele Maher
Reporter -
Krysten Ritter
Model -
T.R. Knight
Daniel -
Heather Magee
Poncho Model -
Sara Magovern
Grindy's Mom -
P. J. Minnick
Shawn -
Bruce Turk
Sage -
Jeff Whitty
Tim -
Jennifer Wrubel
Tammy -
Alyson Silverman
Jeanine -
Glenn Fleshler
Tony -
Croix Lazzara
Thomas -
Rohan Quine
Lee -
Carol Tammen
News Reporter -
Christine Perkins
Shopper -
Shana Dowdeswell
Shopper -
Dean Obeidallah
Policeman -
Christine Bosco
Model -
Cristen Elmore
Model -
Peter Kress
Model -
David Ley
Model -
Yasha Young
Model -
Brandon Jenkins
Poncho Commercial -
Jason Pabon
Poncho Commercial -
Christian Pabon
Poncho Commercial -
Adam Ramirez
Poncho Commercial -
Cruise Russo
Poncho Commercial -
Scot Schwartz
Model -
Mark Neveldine
Model
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All Critics (25) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (16)
Garmento has nothing going for it.
Top CriticAs a satire, Garmento is toothless. As a comedy, it's funny only in spurts.
This shaky satire set in New York's garment district is consistently undone by an inconsistency of tone and less-than-assured directing and acting.
Despite MacNichol's sneaky verve and Thornton's sly subtlety the lead characters swiftly fade and shrink.
Maher's feature debut has amusing moments, but falls apart as quickly as a cheap knockoff.
A toothless, dated Seventh Avenue satire with shaky script, direction and acting.
In her three years in the garment industry, Maher may have learned her way around a sewing room but she picked up nothing about a movie set.
Maher in her debut as a director/writer does a good job showing why garmento is a derogatory term for the industry that has such a checkered past.
At times, Garmento looks like the real deal, but underneath the label, it's just another designer rip-off.
One of the most real exposés of this seamy biz you will ever see.
Strong in dialogue and atmosphere, keeping the viewer interested in what is going to happen to these characters.
Without an assured character at its center, the movie quickly collapses in a heap of moldy clichés and contrived (and not especially funny) situations.
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