The Burnt Orange Heresy

Probably one of the dullest art world movies I've seen, fails to capture any real intrigue and even though the movie seems to think itself very clever, it really isn't. It's a pretentious and lumpen movie, it feels far from the real art scene. None of the characters are particularly likeable, well-written, or well-cast. Stinks of vanity project- it feels like decisions should have been made and they weren't.

If I could give it zero, I would. Did anyone working on this movie ever meet an artist? I doubt they've even set foot in a galley, if this hot mess is anything to go by! It's probably one of the singularly worst things I've watched. Cliche after cliche and awkward acting. I'm still cringing!

We watched hoping to find a good Sunday movie, maybe with a little culture. If you want that too avoid this movie! The good looking locations don't make up for how boring it is. I wish I had gone back to sleep and not wasted my time. Mick Jagger makes an appearance, but it doesn't help the movie. Maybe it distracts a little from the messiness. Not a single acting performance could save it. I don't know if the team behind this know anyone in the art world or just swallowed a book of cliches and hoped for the best. Badly written, edited and produced - decisions were made and they were not good ones!

Tries a little too hard to be something it can't and falls flat because of this. Dull, plodding and pretentious.

Art world movie delivered by people clueless about the art world. Poorly developed characters and muddled plot that rely on cliches and pretentious stereotypes and it doesn't make good use of the source material. Jagger's cameo and some pretty locations steal the show, but nothing else noteworthy to see here which speaks volumes about this movie.

Bad adaptation of a good book. Missed opportunity that it's been handled so poorly. Needs a do over in more capable hands for sure!

Poorly conceived, plodding and muddled adaptation. It relies on cliches from people who seem to have no clue about the art world and a cameo from Jagger to try, and fail to bring it to life.

The title mercifully turns out to be a joke of sorts and I appreciate any movie that makes the correct observation that the very pretentious are often very lazy.

A thoroughly, enjoyable and watchable film, good acting and photography.

An unusual crime drama set in the pretentious world of high art and propelled by the tension between the two main characters.