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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeDespite the inherent perversity of the concept, Mosley succeeds in maintaining a certain sweetness throughout. Even more impressively, she makes her low-budget enterprise look as slick as most midrange studio comedies, demonstrating herself a director with both imagination and technical ingenuity.
- 63McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThe Brass Teapot stumbles into tedium, a parable that never quite resolves itself into the moral lesson it so desperately wants to convey.
- 60Film.comJordan HoffmanFilm.comJordan HoffmanDespite the numerous patchy moments The Brass Teapot by and large squeaks by as an enjoyable entertainment.
- 50The PlaylistMark ZhuravsyThe PlaylistMark ZhuravsyWith the help of a talented cast, The Brass Teapot is able to coast on charm for the first hour, but then the fairytale idea that powers the film runs out of juice, and the last forty-five minutes hurtle toward a wrap-up that feels both awkward and overwrought, needlessly portentous and arriving much too late.
- 50Slant MagazineSlant MagazineImbued with a buoyant mysticism, the film is more gag-friendly than idea-based, primarily relying on the considerable charm of its leads to ground its supernatural conceit.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckWhile its supernatural premise might have fueled a perfectly good Twilight Zone episode, The Brass Teapot strains to fill its feature-length running time.
- 30Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerWearing out its welcome long before its moralizing finale, the film...does manage to mine contemporary fears about the increasing worthlessness of a college degree.
- Its comedic side never bites, and its moral side is painfully one-dimensional. A little to the left and The Brass Teapot might’ve been mean-spirited fun; a little to the right and it could play on The Hallmark Channel. For a movie with such an outlandish premise, it’s remarkably dull.
- 20Time OutTime OutThe film feels like its over long before the credits roll — or perhaps that’s just wishful thinking.