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Seen on: 02/17/2011

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Art School Confidential (2006)

Directed by Terry Zwigoff

Comedy

Most recently watched by sensoria

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 102 minutes

Actors

Jim Broadbent | Ethan Suplee | Steve Buscemi | Max Minghella | Marshall Bell | Sophia Myles | Michael Lerner | Anjelica Huston | John Malkovich | Michael Shamus Wiles | Richard Bakalyan | Roxanne Hart | Stacey Travis | Nick Swardson | Matt Keeslar | Adam Scott | Brian Geraghty | Lauren Lee Smith | Jeff LeBeau | Joel David Moore | Jack Ong | Scoot McNairy | Jeremy Guskin | Monika Ramnath | Isaac Laskin | Ezra Buzzington | Curtis Taylor | Katija Pevec | Erik Walker | Jeanette Brox | Osman Soykut | Chris McKenna | Roxanne Day | Cristen Coppen | Choice Skinner | Shelly Cole | John Bliss | Alexi Wasser | Bob Jennings | Katherine Moennig | Paul Collins | Nathaniel Lee Jr. | Edith Jefferson | Jean St. James | Wendy Haines | Marc Vann | Lauren Bowles | Charlie Talbert | Finneus Egan | Andre Marcus | Mike Stanley | Brian Turk | Kimi Reichenberg | Dawn-Lyen Gardner | Valyn Hall | Travis Walck | Amy Gross | Alexandra Ryan | Bob Golub | Zachary Maurer | Brendan Walsh | Oliver Ryan Anderson | Jesse Flanagan | Laura Roth | Sam Sabbah | Lily Asinovsky | Kristin Quick

Viewing Notes

I loved Ghost World and Bad Santa (haven’t seen Crumb yet), so I was hoping for something decent here.

I didn’t get it. Being an art major in college, I found the broad character sketches too hollow and cliched for my liking.

Not a terrible film, just not nearly as good as Zwigoff’s other work.

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