Tied to a Chair

2011 American film
  • May 27, 2011 (2011-05-27) (Manhattan)
Running time
95 minutesCountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
FranceLanguageEnglish

Tied to a Chair is a 2011 American-French-British comedy film written and directed by Michael Bergmann and starring Mario Van Peebles, Bonnie Loren, Robert Gossett and Sayed Badreya.[1]

Cast

  • Bonnie Loren as Naomi Holbroke
  • Mario Van Peebles as Billy Rust
  • Robert Gossett as Det. Peter Farrell
  • Richard Franklin as Henry Holbroke
  • Sayed Badreya as Kamal
  • Ali Marsh as Liz
  • Joselin Reyes as Detective Rosalie Aragon

Release

The film premiered in Manhattan on May 27, 2011.[2]

Reception

The film has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on five reviews.[3]

Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Insulting several nationalities and most of the filmgoing public, Tied to a Chair lurches through acting atrocities, continuity glitches and narrative gaps with grating insouciance."[2]

Diego Semerene of Slant Magazine awarded the film one and a half stars out of four and wrote that it "mostly suffers from a sense of confusion that never reads like bona fide experimentalism, just aimlessness."[4]

References

  1. ^ Anderson, John (May 27, 2011). "Tied to a Chair". Variety. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Catsoulis, Jeannette (May 26, 2011). "Thespian Dreams". The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2023. Opens on Friday in Manhattan.
  3. ^ "Tied To a Chair". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  4. ^ Semerene, Diego (May 24, 2011). "Review: Tied to a Chair". Slant Magazine. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
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