June 14, 2002
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Christopher Eigeman,
Jamie Harris,
Connie Britton,
Samia Shoaib,
Chris Eigeman
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P.J. Posner directs the romantic comedy The Next Big Thing. Struggling painter Gus Bishop (Chris Eigeman) gets involved in a scam to make it into the cutthroat New York art world. Con man Deech Scumbl... read more
DVD Release Date: October 29, 2002
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June 3, 2002
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Squandering a potentially juicy subject for ridicule, the film simply doesn't have the wit necessary to do it justice, relying instead on obvious jokes and stereotypical characterizations.
May 29, 2002
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times
A deftly satisfying, comically coherent sendup of the world of art. Full Review
May 28, 2002
Ed Park, Village Voice
The concept is simple, even irresistible, but Posner's dishearteningly unsophisticated treatment itself rings false. Full Review
September 9, 2002
Doris Toumarkine, Film Journal International
The female characters, with the exception of Britton, tend toward vulgar and the men register at various degrees of obnoxiousness. Full Review
August 23, 2002
Jack Garner, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
An amusing, light-hearted satire of a Manhattan art world.
August 23, 2002
Jon Popick, Planet Sick-Boy
The send-up here is relatively weak
June 13, 2002
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
Irritatingly cutesy and self-satisfied on top of it all, making the picture something of an endurance test besides being a misfire. Full Review
June 13, 2002
Gregory Weinkauf, New Times
The movie's rife with types ... but any story's a good story if it's told well, and this one is, with chuckles to spare.
June 10, 2002
Kim Williamson, Boxoffice Magazine
[Eigeman's] driving insistence to reach some meaningful point with his Gus pushes The Next Big Thing into otherwise undeserved success. Full Review
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