Interior. Leather Bar.
Strand Releasing | Release Date: January 3, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
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7
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4
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The New York TimesManohla DargisMar 4, 2014
A sly conceptual coup d’art and a deeply sincere exploration of masculinity and its discontents, with a little hot sex thrown in. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisApr 10, 2014
A Rubik's Cube of a movie, an intriguing, layered puzzle that isn't easily solved. Read full review
75
The PlaylistJessica KiangJan 3, 2014
Franco has finally delivered a side project that does at least some justice to his eclectic artistic ambitions. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnDec 23, 2013
As a fleeting essay on sexual biases, it encourages a thoughtful debate, but leaves too many questions dangling to solidify into much beyond a dashed experiment. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenJan 1, 2014
Unfocused lapses aside, though, the film is intriguing and discomforting in equal measure, using its brief running time to frame thoughtful, boundary-pushing questions. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineEric HendersonMar 4, 2014
With Travis Mathews's help, James Franco's persona forms a kind of symmetry: 1980's dubious homophobia against 2013's risible homophilia. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJan 4, 2014
So what are you looking at, really? Is the movie a bait-and-switch? Probably. The film has fun with the idea that nobody would have gotten involved were it not for the chance to work with James Franco and perhaps perform in a sex scene with James Franco (there are no sex scenes involving James Franco, if you were wondering). Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMar 6, 2014
We see brief, graphic shots of naked actors performing sexual acts. But it’s the conversations about what those depictions represent that truly provoke. Read full review
60
The DissolveNathan RabinJan 2, 2014
Interior. Leather Bar.’s intriguing curiosity provides ample food for thought, in part because it’s the rare film that devotes much of its running time to its own principals discussing what, if anything, the film ultimately means. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfMar 4, 2014
Brief yet underdeveloped, Interior. Leather Bar. has a faux-documentary vibe about it. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeDec 23, 2013
While Leather Bar will surely make some viewers itchy, its most compelling subject isn't whether straight guys can stand to watch one man pleasuring another. More interesting is the question of what would make this project art as opposed to porn. Read full review
25
New York PostLou LumenickMar 6, 2014
It largely consists of Franco musing about depictions of homosexual activity on film. As well as gay cast members speculating whether Franco will take off his clothes and perform in explicit footage. He doesn’t. Read full review
20
The GuardianEd GibbsDec 23, 2013
Interior. Leather Bar ultimately rings hollow in its diatribe and agenda because its chief instigator refuses to open up. Read full review
20
VarietyPeter DebrugeDec 23, 2013
A partly authentic, partly scripted behind-the-scenes featurette that never quite conveys the star’s “high/curious” interest in all things taboo. Read full review
10
Village VoiceCalum MarshJan 2, 2014
It's a particularly risible nothing whose premise alone betrays the paucity of Franco's imagination and wit. Read full review
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