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(Untitled) (2009)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:7

Rotten:5

Average Rating:6.3/10

Consensus: This satire on the art world is at times both clever and shallow, but its top-notch cast generates plenty of goodwill.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language and nude images

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Oct 23, 2009 Limited

Box Office: $168,259

Synopsis: From the creators of Bartleby comes a fresh new satire poking fun of the nuanced world of the New York contemporary art scene through a pair of competitive brothers – eclectic and self-important... From the creators of Bartleby comes a fresh new satire poking fun of the nuanced world of the New York contemporary art scene through a pair of competitive brothers – eclectic and self-important music composer Adrian (Adam Goldberg) and commercially successful painter Josh (Eion Bailey).

When Chelsea art ‘gallerina’ and Josh’s love interest Madeline (Marley Shelton) attends Adrian’s concert – featuring the sounds of paper-crumpling, glass-breaking and bucket-kicking – she commissions him for a gallery performance and a love affair ensues.

Further complicating the situation is that Josh’s highly commercial art work – the financial backbone of the gallery – is sold to corporate clients discreetly out of the gallery’s back room.

(Untitled) is directed by Jonathan Parker who co-wrote the screenplay with Catherine di Napoli both of whom produced the film with Andreas Olavarria. Executive producers are Adam Goldberg and Matt Luber. The award-winning production team includes Pulitzer Prize winning composer David Lang, Oscar winning sound designer Richard Beggs and Oscar nominated production designer David Snyder. The cast features Goldberg (2 DAYS IN PARIS), Shelton (GRINDHOUSE), Bailey (BAND OF BROTHERS) and Vinnie Jones (SNATCH). (UNTITLED) was an official selection at the 2009 Palm Springs Film Festival and the 2009 San Francisco Film Festival. --© Samuel Goldwyn [More]

Starring: Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton, Eion Bailey, Lucy Punch

Starring: Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton, Eion Bailey, Lucy Punch, Vinnie Jones, Zak Orth, Ptolemy Slocum, Michael Panes, Svetlana Efremova, Marceleine Hugot

Director: Jonathan Parker

Director: Jonathan Parker
Screenwriter: Jonathan Parker, Catherine di Napoli
Producer: Catherine di Napoli, Andreas Olavarria
Composer: David Lang
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films

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Skewers the world of contemporary art in a way that's insightful and funny without becoming a broad parody.

Full Review Source: Film.com | comment Comment
11/21/09
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
Film.com
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(Untitled) asks a lot of intriguing questions -- more intriguing than the film itself.

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11/12/09
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
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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.

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11/12/09
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
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Has the punctuation and the thinness of a gallery wall label.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
11/05/09
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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It doesn't have a hero who's right and everyone else is wrong. And though it mocks every character, it dismisses nobody. It makes a case for every point of view, including those the filmmakers don't share.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
11/05/09
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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(Untitled) is a comedy worthy of the best Woody Allen, and Adrian is not unlike Woody's persona: a sincere, intense, insecure nebbish, hopeless with women, aiming for greatness.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
11/05/09
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Because Parker is so determined to expose the art scene's pretensions, he neglects other areas, like dialogue, plot and character. And what's the point in making a shallow satire about shallow subjects?

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10/23/09
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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There's plenty to recommend.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
10/23/09
Gary Goldstein
Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
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Shrewdly hedges its bets about the value of it all, it is ultimately on the side of experimental music and art and their champions, no matter how eccentric. For that alone this brave little movie deserves an audience.

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10/23/09
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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(Untitled) is a tinny satire destined to go (Unwatched) because it is (Uninteresting).

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10/23/09
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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Adam Goldberg glowers effectively as a serious composer of maddeningly difficult music; the wonderful Marley Shelton glows with hilariously cool composure as a gallery owner who exhibits unendurable art pieces.

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10/21/09
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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(Untitled) tries to reignite who-gets-to-call-it-art debates that haven't been taken seriously for at least a decade.

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10/20/09
Melissa Anderson
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Village Voice
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