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Art School Confidential (2006) 6.2
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6.2/10 from 12,350 users
Metascore: 54/100
Reviews: 126 user | 92 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Terry Zwigoff |
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Audrey
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Jimmy
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Jonah
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Matthew
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Marvin Bushmiller
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Professor Okamura
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Jerome, a kid from the suburbs who loves to draw, goes to New York City's Strathmore College for his freshman year as a drawing major. Competition and petty jealousy consume faculty and students, with an end-of-first-semester best-student award held out as a grand plum. Worse, a strangler is on the loose, killing people on or next to campus. The idealistic Jerome falls in love with Audrey, a student who models for life-drawing classes and who responds to his sweetness. But he has a rival: the clean-cut, manly Jonah, also a first-year drawing student, whose primitive work draws raves and Audrey's attention. As cynicism seems to corrode everything, Jerome is desperate to win. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Who said anything about talent?Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language including sexual references, nudity and a scene of violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
10 November 2006 (Poland) See more »Also Known As:
Akademia tajemniczych sztuk pieknych See more »Filming Locations:
Communications Center, Los Angeles City College - 855 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$135,733 (USA) (5 May 2006)Gross:
$3,296,916 (USA) (11 August 2006)Company Credits
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Written by Alan Thicke, Gloria Loring, Al Burton
Performed by Angie Jaree (as Angie Jarée), Charlotte Rae
Used by permission of EMI Belfast Music, Inc.
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Trivia
The college's name, "Strathmore", is actually a company that manufactures things like sketchpads and tracing paper for artists. See more »Goofs
When Jerome is the bartender at the party, he twists the top off of the beer and gives it to Jonah. Hoegaarden does not come in twist off bottles. See more »Quotes
Bardo: The only trouble with that is: all those beatnik chicks are totally insane. Look. What you really want is a nice, innocent, suburban girl. Some freshman chick who hasn't been corrupted yet.See more »
Crazy Credits
The "Facts of Life" theme song plays during the final part of the end credits. See more »Soundtracks
"Facts of Life - Theme"Written by Alan Thicke, Gloria Loring, Al Burton
Performed by Angie Jaree (as Angie Jarée), Charlotte Rae
Used by permission of EMI Belfast Music, Inc.
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We saw this dark comedy at Sundance (SLC showing). I wanted very much to give this a totally positive review, but it's just so disjointed that it was hard to decide what it was trying to say. The cast is terrific: John Malkovic, Anjelica Huston, Jim Broadbent, Sophie Myles, among others. There are a lot of things that are funny in this film, and we did laugh. But the storyline is all over the place. I read an interview with the director (who didn't come for Q & A after this one), and he said the storyline has a lot to do with his fear of New York, along with his fascination for it. The NYC shown in this film is very scary; I don't think I'd ever even want to visit it, much less want to live there! The film skewers a lot of snooty art types, and in that arena, it works. However, the second half of the movie just didn't quite work for me. The firsthalf of the film was amusing, but when it turned extremely dark in the final act, it just didn't feel right. It's too bad, because I think it's great fun to skewer the snooty art world...but this was just too far over the top.