Art School Confidential

Summary: Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.

Release Date: May 12, 2006

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Terry Zwigoff

Writer: Daniel Clowes

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: United Artists, Sony Pictures Classics, Mr. Mudd

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,297,137

International: $ 9,492

Box office:

Domestic:$3.3MInternational:$9.5KWorldwide:$3.3M

Adaptation/remake:

based on comic

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United Artists

Sony Pictures Classics

12%

The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this 12% higher than the critics.

36%48%

The Metacritic audience rated this -1% lower than the critics.

Metacritic Meta:

54/100

Metacritic User:

53/100

28%25%

28% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

25% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White75%Asian12.5%Mixed / Other12.5%

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LGBTQ content included:

gay, homosexual, gay character, lesbian

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Violence3/5
Sex3/5
Language5/5
Drugs3/5

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Sex3/5
Language5/5
Violence2/5
Drugs2/5
Nudity4/5

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Race	White	Black	Arab	Latino	Asian	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	11	2		1		14		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Ethnic	2	1				3		This is the most reliable data source for accurate ethnic breakdowns of famous people. Often the information is crowdsourced by users and they cite all their sources (family trees, obituaries, census archives, etc.) on the bottom of the page. The only issue is converting their ambiguous and inconsistent verdicts into quantifiable variables. Source: https://ethnicelebs.com/
Forebears			1		1	2
Total	13	3	1	1	1	19
Cast Percentages	68.42%	15.79%	5.26%	5.26%	5.26%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":68.42,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":15.79,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":5.26,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":5.26,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":5.26,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (2010) Percentage	63.7%	12.6%	0.55%	16.3%	5.61%		{"name":"U.S. Population (2010)","series":[{"name":"White","y":63.7,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.55,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.61,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":12.6,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0.92,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.9,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":16.3,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":4.56,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":1.71,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (2010) Representation	+4.72	+3.19	+4.71	-11.04	-0.35		{"name":"U.S. Population (2010)","series":[["White",63.7],["Black",12.6],["Arab",0.55],["Latino",16.3],["Asian",5.61]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":68.42,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":15.79,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Arab","y":5.26,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.26,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.26,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2010) Percentage	77.06%	7.85%		8.32%	4.93%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2010)","series":[{"name":"White","y":9431400000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":603500000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":961200000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":82500000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1018000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":143100000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2010) Representation	-8.64	+7.94		-3.06	+0.33		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2010)","series":[["White",77.06],["Black",7.85],["Arab",0],["Latino",8.32],["Asian",4.93]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":68.42,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":15.79,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Arab","y":5.26,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.26,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.26,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	71.15%	9.47%		8.18%	6.95%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":12537365773677,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":1224794669088,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1669592222898,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":127098732932,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1442195315260,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":620954951832,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	-2.73	+6.32		-2.92	-1.69		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",71.15],["Black",9.47],["Arab",0],["Latino",8.18],["Asian",6.95]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":68.42,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":15.79,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Arab","y":5.26,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.26,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.26,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
World population (2013) Percentage	14.85%	13.36%	8.43%	5.69%	32.16%		{"name":"World population (2013) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":13464667900,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":40616382211,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":10133775711,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":106073528385,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":95379954414,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":229663343079,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":60187330227,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":156181078313,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":2403549422,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (2013) Representation	+53.57	+2.43	-3.17	-0.43	-26.9		{"name":"World population (2013) ","series":[["White",14.85],["Black",13.36],["Arab",8.43],["Latino",5.69],["Asian",32.16]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":68.42,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":15.79,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Arab","y":5.26,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.26,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.26,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	6.38%	6.38%	9.35%	29.46%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+31.94	+9.41	-1.12	-4.09	-24.2		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Black",6.38],["Arab",6.38],["Latino",9.35],["Asian",29.46]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":68.42,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":15.79,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Arab","y":5.26,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.26,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.26,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
Notes			Arab Americans are less than 1% of the US population and often check "White" or "Other" on the US Census. And the only data available for them started when the US Census added ancestry in 1980. So assume a less than 1% margin of error and overlap with the "White" and "Other" categories.	Many Latinos check "White" or "Other" on the Census. So this overlaps with "Mixed" race and "White." Also, when there was a discrepancy with the percentage listed on the Wikipedia table and our calculated numbers, the Wiki table's numbers were used. Likewise, when the population total was missing from the Census pdf, the estimate was calculated using the percentage from the Wiki table. NOTE: It turns out that the reason America doesn't have a separate "Latino" race is because the League of Latin American Citizens protested against discrimination towards Mexicans and got themselves to legally be considered "White." Check the research links in our Google Doc for more info.	The US Census considers Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Indian, and Bangladeshi as Asians. At ZR we group Pakistanis with the Arab world. And we group Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi with India because 1.) they are all genetically similar as "South Asians and 2.) there are only a handful of actors from those regions in our database. However, you are viewing the "Asian Alone" category from the US Census when comparing it with Domestic representation. Also note that the 2000 and 2010 estimates include MultiRacial Asians not just "Asian Alone" estimates, and in some categories they include Native Hawaiians as "Asian." So there is a margin of error less than 1% and some inconsistencies with the grouping.

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This film gets a 1/5 family friendly score

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IMDb Rating https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364955/parentalguide last updated: 2024-10-25Update data
Commonsensemedia Rating https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/art-school-confidential last updated: 2024-10-25Update data
Message 0/5	This dark comedy revels in its anti-happy ending: that to get anywhere in the art business -- and to get the girl -- you have to go to jail for something you didn't do.
Violence 3/5	A serial killer is stalking the school, though the one murder depicted is shown in an over-the-top comic way that's not frightening. When a student is arrested, a cop warns about future rapes by inmates. One character dies in a fire off-screen.
Sex 3/5	A lot of raunchy discussions of sex, though no actual sex happens. A father looks up the skirt of another young girl. A man poses naked in a live drawing class, and his penis is plainly visible. Audrey poses nude for the same class. When Jerome says he just had a date with his perfect girl, his roommate asks to smell his fingers. There's one lesbian kiss.
Language 5/5	Extensive swearing by everyone in the film, including "s--t," "f--k," "p---y," "faggot," "c--ksucker," "c--t," and "a--hole."
Drugs 3/5	Jerome is a chain-smoker by the end of the film. Audrey also smokes. Jimmy is an alcoholic, and Jerome and Jimmy drink together often.
Dove Rating https://dove.org/review/5707-art-school-confidential/
Faith 0/5	None
Sex 3/5	Two gay males in bed together - nothing graphic. Girl quickly kisses another girl on lips.
Language 5/5	F-45; S-26; J-6; GD-2; G-7; A-17; H-5; slang for both male and female genitalia; explicit sexual language.
Violence 2/5	Woman is strangled; man is tackled; student makes a violent film.
Drugs 2/5	Smoking and drinking. Drinking in a few scenes.
Nudity 4/5	Nude female model from rear and side. Male model nude from front and back.
Other 0/5	None

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