Rotten
A comic fable that squanders its twisted-fairy-tale concept.
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times
The Brass Teapot
Everyone Has A Price. What's Yours?
2012 · 1h 40m · R
Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller
Directed by
Ramaa Mosley
Overview
When a couple discovers that a brass teapot makes them money whenever they hurt themselves, they must come to terms with how far they are willing to go.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
33%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Temple and Angarano, entertaining enough, never quite sell the idea that this goodhearted couple would be so easily transformed by greed.
Sara Stewart, New York Post
Rotten
Without a human dimension to ground its construct, "The Brass Teapot" ultimately feels like an interminably stretched-out skit rather than a storybook lesson stained with blood and hurt.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Ms. Mosley, who directed from a screenplay by Tim Macy, struggles to fill her debut feature with a slender notion, but the premise defeats her, even if the story operates at the outset on the pleasure principle.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Rotten
The Brass Teapot too often devolves into stale slapstick ...
Stephanie Zacharek, NPR
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