Guest Artist


Guest Artist is a 2019 American drama film directed by Timothy Busfield and starring Jeff Daniels. The film is based on Daniels' play of the same name.

Cast

Guest Artist was featured at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 9, 2019. The film grossed $944 in its opening weekend. While in theatres, Guest Artist grossed $10,017.

Home media

Guest Artist was released on DVD on October 6, 2020, by Indican Pictures. Some library branches have the DVD. As of July 21, 2020, the film is now available via Apple TV, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video, FandangoNOW, and YouTube Movies.

Reception

Critical response

of RogerEbert.com wrote in his review: "What Guest Artist wants most is to make points about history, an artist’s relationship to it, and the perils of self-censorship. It’s, in a sense, real The Newsroom stuff, just within a different milieu. The whole Bitter Master Meets Eager Young Space Cadet Dramaturg scenario is just a pretext for Daniels and Busfield to get some points across."
Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Small-scale, no-frills and lo-fi, Guest Artist feels like a homegrown project mounted by a couple of talented guys from Michigan. Those guys happen to be Timothy Busfield, who directs, and Jeff Daniels, who scripted and stars."
Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote in his review: "We’re still in the early stages of Guest Artist when it becomes evident this train is never leaving the station — or should I say the main characters are never going to leave the actual train station where the movie is set."