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Con Artist

Play trailer Poster for Con Artist 2010,  1h 24m,  Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 100% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 86% Popcornmeter
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A down-and-out millionaire uses his fame to find love and confronts his obnoxious behavior.

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Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times Mar 31, 2011
3/5
On the evidence of "Con Artist," a lively portrait of the enfant terrible in middle age, Mark Kostabi doesn't draw indifferent responses. Go to Full Review
Stephen Holden New York Times Nov 12, 2010
3/5
Michael Sladek's entertaining documentary portrait of one of the art world's most outrageous provocateurs. Go to Full Review
Nick Schager Village Voice Nov 9, 2010
The film gets at the pitiful need and loneliness that drives fame whores. Nevertheless, it remains most compelling when bursting Kostabi's self-important bubble. Go to Full Review
Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film Feb 10, 2013
4/5
At the film's heart lies the paradox: how can a con artist be conning people if he is freely admitting that is what he is doing? Go to Full Review
Brent Simon Shared Darkness Apr 8, 2011
B-
Lays bare Kostabi's popularized thinking regarding branding and self-promotion, the impact of which can be glimpsed in the ways people these days jockey to make 'ex-reality show participant' a full-time occupation. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Mar 20, 2011
B
An entertaining, occasionally poignant look at America's obsession with celebrity through the career of one eccentric individual Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Michael Sladek

Director

Molly Barnes

Actor

Andy Behrman

Actor

Jacob Collins

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Daze

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Michel Gondry

Actor

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Movie Info

Synopsis A down-and-out millionaire uses his fame to find love and confronts his obnoxious behavior.
Director
Michael Sladek
Producer
Michael Sladek
Production Co
Plug Ugly Films, The Group Entertainment, Acme Pictures, Room 5 Films, Ovation
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 12, 2010, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 20, 2016
Runtime
1h 24m
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