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Condo Painting
USA Films

Condo Painting reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 48 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.5 out of 10
based on 11 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not rated

Starring Patrick Achdijan

Documentary about New York artist George Condo.


GENRE(S): Documentary  
WRITTEN BY: John McNaughton
George Condo
 
DIRECTED BY: John McNaughton  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: March 10, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 87 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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80
LA Weekly F. X. Feeney
A superb, instructive portrait of an artist at work.
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75
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
A lively portrait of contemporary painter George Condo.
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75
Entertainment Weekly Ty Burr
This vision of creativity as blind, instinctive ''process'' is exhilarating.
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70
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Has an edgy feel and a knockout soundtrack.
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60
TV Guide Ken Fox
More a reflection in a fun-house mirror than a portrait of the artist.
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50
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
The film is otherwise a self-indulgent lark.
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43
Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
Isn't terribly revealing, and though it is interesting to watch Condo paint, it's only interesting for so long.
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40
The New York Times A. O. Scott
An 87-minute documentary on the life, work and thought of George Condo, a garrulous painter with a mischievous sense of humor and an eccentric, quasi-mystical view of art and the world it inhabits.
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30
Film.com Henry Cabot Beck
A long portrait of someone who outstays his welcome fairly early on.
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30
Village Voice Jessica Winter
This is more than self-amused irony; this is kitsch as religion.
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25
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Might have made a tolerable five-minute "mockumentary," but it's apparently meant seriously.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Andrew V. gave it a10:
Incredibly charming very yanus.

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