The Brass Teapot 2012

Critics score:
33 / 100

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Rex Reed, New York Observer: Far from the offbeat satire on the American dream gone sour it aims to be, The Brass Teapot is more like a dark flirtation with the American nightmare that backfires. Read more

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: Ms. Mosley, who directed from a screenplay by Tim Macy, struggles to fill her debut feature with a slender notion, but the premise defeats her, even if the story operates at the outset on the pleasure principle. Read more

Peter Debruge, Variety: A fresh riff on "be careful what you wish for" fables. Read more

Josh Modell, AV Club: The Brass Teapot tries to force a moralistic, Twilight Zone-ish plot into an indie comedy, a task that proves impossible for first-time feature director Ramaa Mosley. Read more

Jordan Hoffman, Film.com: Too agreeable to fully dismiss. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: This dark comedy's clever premise is too thin to sustain its feature-length running time. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Without a human dimension to ground its construct, "The Brass Teapot" ultimately feels like an interminably stretched-out skit rather than a storybook lesson stained with blood and hurt. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, NPR: The Brass Teapot too often devolves into stale slapstick ... Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: There's not much depth to Mosley's debut, which is based on a short story by Tim Macy. But Michael Angarano and Juno Temple are an appealing pair as John and Alice, struggling suburbanites. Read more

Sara Stewart, New York Post: Temple and Angarano, entertaining enough, never quite sell the idea that this goodhearted couple would be so easily transformed by greed. Read more

Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: A comic fable that squanders its twisted-fairy-tale concept. Read more

Sam Adams, Time Out: The film feels like it's over long before the credits roll-or perhaps that's just wishful thinking. Read more

Nick Schager, Village Voice: Even The Twilight Zone would have struggled with the cutesy conceit of The Brass Teapot ... Read more