Drawing Restraint 9
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61 out of 100

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6.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

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  • Starring: Björk, Matthew Barney
  • Summary: Drawing Restraint 9, a film by Matthew Barney with a soundtrack composed by Björk, represents the first creative collaboration of two of the most protean, dynamic forces in music and fine art. (IFC Films)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Bill White
    100
    While the significance of the imagery, including the slow disintegration of an immense piece of sculpted petroleum, is elusive, the strangeness of Barney's visual sense never fails to stimulate the senses.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    80
    Conveys an intense sculptural loveliness with something moving beneath it, maybe a sense of menace. And it's leavened, like once per hour, with a teeny dash of humor. This isn't nearly as immediately likable or showy as "Cremaster 3," but in a quiet way just as spectacular.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    50
    Visual artist and filmmaker Matthew Barney's follow-up to his acclaimed "Cremaster" film series continues this provocateur's penchant for outrageous imagery and numbing non-narratives.
  4. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Fred Camper
    30
    The music Bjork wrote for the sound track is at least minimally accomplished, unlike Barney's staggeringly vacant direction.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 4 out of 6
  1. Dan
    8
    I find images from this film haunting me. If you let yourself just experience it and not focus so much on what it is about, you will find yourself transported.… Expand
  2. Deniz12s
    4
    I have seen the exhibit accompanying this film, and overall I think it's a big joke about the art world and American culture. Matthew Barney is just pushing limits to see how far he can go and still be called an "Artist" while creating very little that can actually be called art, or even that he made himself. Little Bjork is into the crazy imagery, and a lot of this film was probably for the purpose of impressing her. There is some interesting commentary on the role of whale slaughter and worship of the sea in Japanese culture, but it is so lost beneath the ridiculousness of the rest of the project, that it's almost beside the point.… Expand
  3. KendraL.
    3
    I'm tempted to say that people who enjoy this would enjoy anything Bjork or Barney did, like throw up on stage. The images are striking, and the costuming is oddly intreguing, but I think the whole thing would have been better captured from a series of successful stills, rather than two hours of pointlessness.… Expand
  4. PeterG.
    2
    Substantial organic talent is employed to produce this tedious and narcissistic film. I like obtuse art that is intelligently presented. This movies seems like giant egos (whale sized in fact) run amuck. I wish that some of the talented struggling artists out there had access to 1/100th the money and attention lavished on Barney. That's life on the post modern frontier.… Expand

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