David Lamble Bay Area Reporter Jun 18, 2020

Jonathan Parker's art spoof is witty and sharply observed, and makes good use of its talented leads...

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Ian Buckwalter NPR Jul 4, 2010 5.5/10

Writer-director Jonathan Parker sets us up for a 90-minute debate on aesthetics and artistic integrity, and that's a tedious exercise in any medium.

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Eric D. Snider Film.com Nov 21, 2009 B

Skewers the world of contemporary art in a way that's insightful and funny without becoming a broad parody.

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Chris Barsanti Filmcritic.com Nov 19, 2009 3.5/5

...spry and spiky satire...

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Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews Nov 13, 2009 C+

The characters...are wrapped up in their own perceptions of their greatness and are an odious lot. This is fitting for the film but leaves the viewer without a character to like.

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John Hartl Seattle Times Nov 12, 2009 2.5/4

The impenetrable gallery jargon is quite funny at first, and the brothers' twisted relationship is set up nicely, but the movie errs when it takes itself seriously.

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Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer Nov 12, 2009 2/4

(Untitled) asks a lot of intriguing questions -- more intriguing than the film itself.

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Wesley Morris Boston Globe Nov 12, 2009 3/4

A serious comedy in which the assorted players - a couple of artists, some gallerists, and the people who attend (or don't attend) their shows - discuss what art is, what it should aspire to be, and what kind of people collect, exhibit, and consider it.

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Gary Thompson Philadelphia Daily News Nov 12, 2009 C

Right away, you wonder if the filmmakers are trying hard enough.

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Peter Keough Boston Phoenix Nov 12, 2009 2.5/4

Woody Allen might have passed on making this film 35 years ago because it was too dated and middlebrow.

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Tricia Olszewski Washington City Paper Nov 11, 2009

A very funny and on-the-nose takedown of artsy pretension.

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Kelly Vance East Bay Express Nov 11, 2009

Art School Confidential goes for its doctorate in Jonathan Parker's bitchy, hilarious (Untitled), the story of two pretentious brothers jealously jousting with each other in the dog-eat-dog world of fine-art cred.

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Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Nov 8, 2009 C+

...starts to feel like a one trick pony.

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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Nov 6, 2009 2.5/5

The performances here are all stellar, and narrative movies that take the making of art seriously are a rare breed indeed.

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Peter Sobczynski eFilmCritic.com Nov 6, 2009

Those who don't know art but who know what they like are likely to come away from "(Untitled)" thinking "Gee, I could have done that."

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Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune Nov 5, 2009 2/4

Has the punctuation and the thinness of a gallery wall label.

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Marc Mohan Oregonian Nov 5, 2009 B

It's a testament to the movie's keen script that, until a disjointed final act, we're able to both laugh at these characters and sympathize with them.

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Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle Nov 5, 2009 4/4

It doesn't have a hero who's right and everyone else is wrong. And though it mocks every character, it dismisses nobody. It makes a case for every point of view, including those the filmmakers don't share.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Nov 5, 2009 3.5/4

(Untitled) is a comedy worthy of the best Woody Allen, and Adrian is not unlike Woody's persona: a sincere, intense, insecure nebbish, hopeless with women, aiming for greatness.

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Oct 24, 2009 B

Egos, etiquette, and envy go a long way in this atypical comedy of manners.

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