Tied to a Chair
Tied to a Chair is a 2011 American-French-British comedy film written and directed by Michael Bergmann and starring Mario Van Peebles, Bonnie Loren, Robert Gossett and Sayed Badreya.
Cast
- Bonnie Loren as Naomi Holbroke
- Mario Van Peebles as Billy Rust
- Robert Gossett as Det. Peter Farrell
- Richard Franklin as Henry Holbroke
- Sayed Badreya as Kamal
- Ali Marsh as Liz
- Joselin Reyes as Detective Rosalie Aragon
Release
The film premiered in Manhattan on May 27, 2011.Reception
The film has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on five reviews.Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "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."
Diego Semerene of Slant Magazine awarded the film one and a half stars out of four and wrote that it "mostly suffers from a sense of confusion that never reads like bona fide experimentalism, just aimlessness."