Big Gold Brick

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Big Gold Brick

Released Feb 25, 2022

2h 12m

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Drama

Fantasy

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Big Gold Brick recounts the story of fledgling writer Samuel Liston and his experiences with Floyd Deveraux, the enigmatic middle-aged father of two who enlists Samuel to write his biography. But the circumstances that lead up to this arrangement in the first place are quite astonishing--and efforts to write the biography are quickly stymied by ensuing chaos in this darkly comedic, genre-bending film.

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Critics Consensus

Quirky to a fault, Big Gold Brick tries and fails to use visual tricks and a crowded narrative to hide its fundamental lack of purpose.

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David Ehrlich

IndieWire

Big Gold Brick”may be a film absent even the faintest trace of purpose or momentum -- its endless parade of energy-less moments connected only by the lack of life shared between them.

Rated: D

Feb 28, 2022

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Stephanie Zacharek

TIME Magazine

Big Gold Brick may be a bit too enamored with its own quirkiness, but everything Garcia does, no matter how outlandish, feels perfectly natural.

Feb 28, 2022

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

Unlike many other film enthusiasts turned filmmakers, Petsos hasnt figured out anything useful to do with his influences.

Rated: 1/4

Feb 25, 2022

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Jason Delgado

Film Threat

Big Gold Brick could’ve been trimmed down a bit with a runtime of two hours and twelve minutes, and some of the characters, like Lucy, are not fully fleshed out. But overall, I enjoyed Petsos’ strange vision.

Rated: 7.5/10

Apr 7, 2022

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Scott Campbell

We Got This Covered

If you can get on the exact same wavelength as 'Big Gold Brick', then there's plenty to enjoy about writer and director Brian Petsos' distinctly unique and wholly original debut feature.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 28, 2022

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Promoted as a cerebral comedy, but comes off as dumb.

Rated: C-

Mar 24, 2022

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Charles D

The visuals and the atmosphere of weirdness are entertaining to a certain degree but there is no plot you can follow and the characters are underdeveloped to a point of not generating any connection with the audience.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Francesco A

It looked like a book, mixed with a touch of theater acting, all squeezed in a movie. It was nice. Unexpected. And self-conclusive.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/10/22

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Mark S

strange and hilarious, amazing score, a fun mix of indie sensibility and classical polish.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/09/22

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Audience Member

An utter waste of talent and worse, a waste of your time. From the overly-long static shots to the plot that goes nowhere to characters you simply don't empathize with or even hate, why this movie exists is beyond me. Emory Coehn does a job of portraying a pathetic loser, but there's nothing about the character that creates any real reaction. The movie is trying too hard to be bizarre and kooky with no pay off at all.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

This had all the components to be good it just never caught its stride 2.8 . I also did not like the lead biographer

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/25/22

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Audience Member

Best movie I've ever seen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Big Gold Brick recounts the story of fledgling writer Samuel Liston and his experiences with Floyd Deveraux, the enigmatic middle-aged father of two who enlists Samuel to write his biography. But the circumstances that lead up to this arrangement in the first place are quite astonishing--and efforts to write the biography are quickly stymied by ensuing chaos in this darkly comedic, genre-bending film.

Director: Brian Petsos
Producer: Jonathan Bronfman, Jason Ross Jallet, Greg Lauritano, Brian Petsos, Sergio Rizzuto, Danny Sawaf
Screenwriter: Brian Petsos
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co: A Saboteur, The Panics Film, Productivity Media, Potato Eater Productions, JoBro Productions & Film Finance, Oceana Studios
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 25, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 25, 2022
Runtime: 2h 12m

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