Tied to a Chair

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.^[1]

Tied to a Chair
Directed by	Michael Bergmann
Written by	Michael Bergmann
Produced by	Michael Bergmann
Starring	Mario Van Peebles Bonnie Loren Robert Gossett Sayed Badreya
Cinematography	Douglas Underdahl
Edited by	Jonathan Sloman
Music by	Deborah Mollison
Production company	Gotschna Ventures
Distributed by	Process Studio Theater
Release date	May 27, 2011 (2011-05-27) (Manhattan)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	United States United Kingdom France
Language	English

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.^[2]

Reception

The film has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on five reviews.^[3]

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."^[2]

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."^[4]