Tied to a Chair

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Tied to a Chair
Directed by Michael Bergmann
Written byMichael Bergmann
Produced byMichael Bergmann
Starring Mario Van Peebles
Bonnie Loren
Robert Gossett
Sayed Badreya
CinematographyDouglas Underdahl
Edited byJonathan Sloman
Music by Deborah Mollison
Production
company
Gotschna Ventures
Distributed byProcess Studio Theater
Release date
  • May 27, 2011 (2011-05-27)(Manhattan)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
France
LanguageEnglish

Tied to a Chair is a 2011 American-French-British comedy film written and directed by Michael Bergmann and starring Mario Van Peebles, Bonnie Loren, Robert Gossett and Sayed Badreya. [1]

Contents

Cast

Release

The film premiered in Manhattan on May 27, 2011. [2]

Reception

The film has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on five reviews. [3]

Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Insulting several nationalities and most of the filmgoing public, Tied to a Chair lurches through acting atrocities, continuity glitches and narrative gaps with grating insouciance." [2]

Diego Semerene of Slant Magazine awarded the film one and a half stars out of four and wrote that it "mostly suffers from a sense of confusion that never reads like bona fide experimentalism, just aimlessness." [4]

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References

  1. Anderson, John (May 27, 2011). "Tied to a Chair". Variety. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Catsoulis, Jeannette (May 26, 2011). "Thespian Dreams". The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2023. Opens on Friday in Manhattan.
  3. "Tied To a Chair". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  4. Semerene, Diego (May 24, 2011). "Review: Tied to a Chair". Slant Magazine. Retrieved February 4, 2023.