Tied To a Chair

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  • Opened May 27, 2011 (Limited 5/27)
  • 1 hr 35 min
  • NR
  • The movie begins on the last day of Naomi Holbroke’s marriage. After 9,125 consecutive burned dinners, each one of which results in a quarrel with her husband, she admits her failure as housewife to a high-ranking British government official and sets off to reclaim the acting career she gave up “for him” twenty-five years ago. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Bonnie Loren, Robert Gossett, Richard Franklin, Sayed Badreya
  • Director: Michael Bergmann
  • Genres: Comedy

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by totsisabeast

it wasnt that good and i didnt like it...

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Entertaining Blend of Genres

by Escribbler

Some will love this film and some will hate it. That is always true of eccentric independent films, of course. Michael Bergmann has directed a comedy that is at its heart about a woman in a mid-life...

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Tied to a chair : My Review

by Benny-Se7en00

There are not enough words to describe how I feel when watching this film; no really there aren't because at one point or another this movie hits you some where deep inside making you say in the...

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Boxoffice Magazine
| Tim Cogshell

All of this is silly, none of it is funny and it's not long before the whole film stops making sense altogether. Read full review

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Village Voice
| Nick Schager

Loren's performance is as tonally off as the rest of Bergmann's jokey lark, which strings together characters and twists with amateurishly chaotic abandon. Read full review

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The New York Times
| Jeannette Catsoulis

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. Read full review

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Bonnie Loren as Naomi and Mario Van Peebles as Billy Rust in ``Tied To a Chair.''