The Brass Teapot

The Brass Teapot is a 2013 American film directed by Ramaa Mosley. The movies script was written by Tim Macy, who also wrote the short story on which the movie is based. The movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2012, and was released into theaters and video on demand on April 5, 2013.

The movie follows John Michael Angarano and Alice Juno Temple, a down on their luck couple that comes across a magical brass teapot capable of providing them with money. The only catch is that they must harm themselves in order for the teapot to provide. They must then decide what they are willing to do in order to gain financial security.Critical reception for the film was poor, with The Brass Teapot holding a rating ofrotten on Rotten Tomatoes based onreviews. The New York Times criticized the film, saying that while the two lead characters were interesting, the movies best bits lose out to the requisite moral turnaround. The Film School Rejects commented that the darker points of the films story line were ill fitting in contrast with the predominantly comically light and slapsticky tone of the overall movie. In contrast, Variety gave a more positive review for the film, saying that Mosely makes her lowbudget enterprise look as slick as most midrange studio comedies, demonstrating herself a director with both imagination and technical ingenuity. ........

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