Has amusing moments, but falls apart as quickly as a cheap knockoff.
50
VarietyRobert Koehler
VarietyRobert Koehler
Michele Maher's Garmento appears more shocked at the fashion industry's cynical side than moviegoers are likely to be, making its drama of corruption a preordained snooze.
Although Garmento exhibits a flailing comic energy, its eagerness to condemn everything about Seventh Avenue, along with its sub-par acting and a choppy narrative style that finally runs amok, lends it a tone of hysterical finger-pointing.
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Without an assured character at its center, the movie quickly collapses in a heap of moldy clichés and contrived (and not especially funny) situations.
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Maher's filmmaking is competent -- the sets are inventive, and all the camera angles match up -- but someone should have warned her that neither she nor her young cast is experienced enough to pull off the line “The only people buying it are the faggots.”
30
Village VoiceEd Park
Village VoiceEd Park
The story has too many characters, about whom we know too little.
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
New York PostLou Lumenick
A toothless, dated Seventh Avenue satire with shaky script, direction and acting - is the movie equivalent of something you'd find on the deep-markdown rack at Daffy's.
Garmento has nothing going for it. First-time writer-director Michele Maher spent three years working in Manhattan's fashion industry...her attempts at satire are feeble and trite, and her stereotypical characters are without interest.