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- 2019
- R
- Netflix
- 1 h 53 m
- 2019
- R
- Netflix
- 1 h 53 m
Summary After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.
Directed By: Dan Gilroy
Written By: Dan Gilroy
- 2019
- R
- Netflix
- 1 h 53 m
- 2019
- R
- Netflix
- 1 h 53 m
Velvet Buzzsaw
61
5.6
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Summary After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.
Directed By: Dan Gilroy
Written By: Dan Gilroy
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
61
48% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
48% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
61
48% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
48% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Inventively, Gilroy utilizes exaggerated horror tropes to take to task our cynical thoughts about artistic creation. His sharp Velvet Buzzsaw is an exquisitely diabolical exposé on the merciless materialistic ambitions that run rampant in cultural fields.
The film's a fun and humble horror offering set among the world of pretension and status.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 176 User Ratings
5.6
36% Positive
63 Ratings
63 Ratings
46% Mixed
81 Ratings
81 Ratings
18% Negative
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 176 User Ratings
5.6
36% Positive
63 Ratings
63 Ratings
46% Mixed
81 Ratings
81 Ratings
18% Negative
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
There’s enough fun, writerly glee and actors enjoying their little rampages to make Velvet Buzzsaw a decent distraction for a couple of hours, but also something of a schizophrenic case all its own.
Velvet Buzzsaw is ultimately a matter of taste – and mine was to spit it right back out.
It’s ultimately a forgettable lark, amounting to little more than a spiteful attack on the vapidity of the commercial art-world. There’s nothing lampooned here that we haven’t already seen before, whether it be a pretentious art critic or avaricious art dealers.
The movie wields its mockery with the subtlety of a power tool.
What happens if a power and wealth hungry woman lives next to an artist that put his anger and pain inside his paitings and uses blood magic? Well, it really has nothing to do with a velvet buzzsaw, but it's in there somewhere.
To keep it short, interesting movie! Instead of leaning on horror elements, the characters are laid out very well, and their personal problems make for an interesting story about a dead artist who was very good at painting. Very enjoyable to watch, i give it an 8/10.
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I really enjoyed the first 75% of Velvet Buzzsaw. The acting is good, the satire of **** art appreciators is great, and the deaths were spooky.
However, in the last moments of the film we are shown some of the cheapest, pointless, and just plain dumb writing. It's so bad that the director and writers should be too ashamed to work on a project ever again. I'm disappointed because I enjoyed the majority of the film.
Did someone with no skill take over the finishing the movie? Did the production company run out of money? Why the ending is written so poorly is the biggest mystery of this movie.
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I can tell that Dan Gilroy was ambitious with this project but it didn’t love up to my expectations
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As always, Jake Gyllenhaal is great, but this movie is just terrible. Nothing about it is interesting except how bad it is. 33/100
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Awards
Newport Beach Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1 Nomination
