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Condo Painting

EMAILPRINTUSA Films

Condo Painting reviews
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9.5 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 11 critic reviews
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Movie Info

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

Summary

RATING: Not rated

Starring Patrick Achdijan

Documentary about New York artist George Condo.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

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

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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