High Art
October Films | Release Date: June 12, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
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Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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60
Film ThreatMerle Bertrand
Solid debut effort from Lisa Cholodenko. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
It is wonderful to see how Sheedy gives shape to this performance -- her eyes, a photographer's eyes, carefully sizing everything up. [18 June 1998, Daily Notebook, p.E1]
50
San Francisco ExaminerG. Allen Johnson
Cholodenko's strategy of having the actors, in every scene -- whether it involves Lucy, the boyfriend or the Frame editors -- perform with an intonational flatness approaching monotone pretentiously undermines the effectiveness of her subject matter. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesJack Mathews
High Art is, unfortunately, full of itself and its artistic pretensions. Read full review
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