Synopsis
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.
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Cast
- Max MinghellaJerome
- Sophia MylesAudrey
- John MalkovichProfessor Sandiford
- Jim BroadbentJimmy
- Matt KeeslarJonah
- Ethan SupleeVince
- Joel David MooreBardo
- Nick SwardsonMatthew
- Anjelica HustonArt History Teacher
- Adam ScottMarvin Bushmiller
Recommendations
- 75
ReelViews
This is as dark as Zwigoff has gotten - arguably even darker than "Bad Santa." And, while it's legitimate to label Art School Confidential as a "comedy," the movie is more clever than it is funny. - 70
Village Voice
Art School Confidential is replete with humorous detail--in that respect, the student art projects are particularly fine--but it's the attitude that rules. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Art School Confidential reaches its dementedly brilliant peak in the company of Jim Broadbent. - 67
The A.V. Club
Zwigoff has a rich comic gallery of pretentious boobs to lampoon. But his satirical target just seems too easy this time around: It's hard to spoof institutions that already veer so close to self-parody. - 67
Christian Science Monitor
Art School Confidential mostly just makes you feel bad - period. It puts you in a foul mood and leaves you there. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
With an "Animal House"-ish deportment, Art School likely will entertain a sophomoric audience and etch some winning college-kid figures, but art house audiences will be disappointed by its paint-by-numbers storytelling. - 50
Variety
Despite a soulful leading performance from Max Minghella, pic feels insubstantial, echoing without equaling both the coolly ironic edge and heart of "Ghost World" and the incisive art-world outsider portrait of the director's docu feature, "Crumb." - 40
Film Threat
We still love you, Terry. Happens to the best of us. But, man, what a stinky load. Someone get the hose.
