Product Details

• Actors: Bronson Pinchot, Toni Trucks, John Lepard
• Directors: Richard Brauer
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Soundtrack, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: MTI HOME VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: October 13, 2009
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002K9RTQW
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #41,246 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Mr. Art Critic" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

After a scolding from his boss, M.J. Clayton (Bronson Pinchot), a high profile Chicago art critic known for his heartless commentaries, retreats to his Mackinac Island cottage to clear his head. There he runs into a recent victim of one of his particularly nasty reviews and makes a drunken proclamation that any idiot can make art, followed by an impossible wager which finds himself entered into the town s art festival competition! M.J. is about to discover that creating art is indeed... a gift.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brutally funny, October 22, 2009

By	OmegaWolf747 "Aoooooooooooo!" (MI, United States) - See all my reviews

MJ Clayton is an arrogant art critic that the art community loathes. He writes mean-spirited reviews even though he himself has never painted a picture. When he goes to the breathtaking historical island of Mackinac for a vacation, he drunkenly accepts a challenge from an artist he had recently dissed, to enter a painting of his own in an art contest. When he discovers he can't paint at all, he must come up with a plan quickly to save face. What will MJ Clayton do?!!!

How can I not love a film where the main character announces that he could paint a better picture than most artists by clenching a paint brush between his gluteal cheeks? Bronson Pinchot is dry humored and witty in this film and makes the character enough of a jerk at the start of the movie that you just want to strangle him. That is the essence of character acting!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A subtle comedy..., October 15, 2009

By	cyberpiglet "cyberpiglet" (Coudersport, PA USA) - See all my reviews

which I enjoyed very much. The story centers on M.J. Clayton (Bronson Pinchot), an arrogant art critic known for his mean-spirited reviews. Convinced that any idiot can create art, M.J. enters into an ill-conceived bar bet with an artist whose work he has trashed. He must create a piece of art worthy of the local juried art show. What follows is a series of dishonesties which ultimately lead to M.J.'s redemption. This is not a comedy that will have you rolling on the floor, but there are a number of really funny moments, and Pinchot's portrayal of the pompous M.J. (there are moments when you just want to slap him) gradually discovering that he's really not such a bad fellow is worth the price of admission.