(Untitled) 2009

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Has the punctuation and the thinness of a gallery wall label. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: 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. Read more

Kevin B. Lee, Time Out: (Untitled)'s onslaught of self-indulgent bohos and art-vs.-commerce cliches are as ersatz as their objects of scorn. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: The impenetrable gallery jargon is quite funny at first, and the brothers' twisted relationship is set up nicely, but the movie errs when it takes itself seriously. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: Shelton's radiant performance as the brothers' elusive object of desire helps rescue (Untitled) from an occasional listlessness that comes as a consequence of Parker's nuanced, gentle jabs at the art world. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: 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. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: 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. Read more

Eric D. Snider, Film.com: Skewers the world of contemporary art in a way that's insightful and funny without becoming a broad parody. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: There's plenty to recommend. Read more

Ian Buckwalter, NPR: Writer-director Jonathan Parker sets us up for a 90-minute debate on aesthetics and artistic integrity, and that's a tedious exercise in any medium. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: 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? Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: (Untitled) is a tinny satire destined to go (Unwatched) because it is (Uninteresting). Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: (Untitled) asks a lot of intriguing questions -- more intriguing than the film itself. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: (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. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: 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. Read more

Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: (Untitled) tries to reignite who-gets-to-call-it-art debates that haven't been taken seriously for at least a decade. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Read more