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{{Infobox film | name = Tied to a Chair | image = | caption = | director = Michael Bergmann | producer = Michael Bergmann | story = | writer = Michael Bergmann | starring = Mario Van Peebles<br>Bonnie Loren<br>Robert Gossett<br>Sayed Badreya | music = Deborah Mollison | cinematography = Douglas Underdahl | editing = Jonathan Sloman | studio = Gotschna Ventures | distributor = Process Studio Theater | released = {{film date|2011|5|27|Manhattan}} | runtime = 95 minutes | country = United States<br>United Kingdom<br>France | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''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.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Anderson|first=John|title=Tied to a Chair|date=May 27, 2011|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/tied-to-a-chair-1117945343/|accessdate=February 11, 2023}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|last=Catsoulis|first=Jeannette|title=Thespian Dreams|date=May 26, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/movies/tied-to-a-chair-review.html|accessdate=February 4, 2023|quote=Opens on Friday in Manhattan.}}</ref>
==Reception== The film has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on five reviews.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tied To a Chair|website=Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tied-to-a-chair|accessdate=February 4, 2023}}</ref>
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."<ref name=nyt/>
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."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Semerene|first=Diego|title=Review: Tied to a Chair|date=May 24, 2011|magazine=Slant Magazine|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/tied-to-a-chair/|accessdate=February 4, 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|1029385}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|tied-to-a-chair}}
Category:American comedy films Category:British comedy films Category:French comedy films