Art & Copy
Seventh Art Releasing | Release Date: August 21, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
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Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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83
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
It's jaunty and bright, but Pray never gets under the skin of things or ever truly questions the essence of advertising as an art or trade. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
One of the main treats of Art & Copy is that it allows us to revisit those classic ads, all of which are just as exciting now as they were when they first ran. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
An entertaining but also oddly naive documentary about American advertising. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter Addiego
There so much entertaining information in Art & Copy, a documentary about modern advertising, that it takes a while to realize we are being sold something Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDuane Byrge
Like a good ad, Art & Copy bounds along and never bores. That's a big credit to Pray's savvy compilation and of editor Phillip Owens' crisp cuts. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMike Hale
The world may be going “Mad Men,” but Doug Pray’s documentary Art & Copy,”which is being released just five days after the season premiere of that acclaimed television series, presents a very different picture of the advertising industry. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
The film is essentially a skillful advertising-industry infomercial that speaks its subject’s slick aesthetic language. Read full review
60
Village VoiceBrian Miller
Yet however stirring these vintage campaigns and their graying creators may be for ad junkies and nostalgists, Pray fails at analysis: His film is simply a tribute. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJoanne Kaufman
A scattershot, repetitive documentary about the creative minds ­behind some of the most arresting ad campaigns of the past 40 years. Read full review
20
Time OutKeith Uhlich
By the end of Pray’s skin-deep love letter, only one sweeping reaction seems appropriate: “A pox on all your houses.” Read full review
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