Shutterbug (2009)

30% of critics liked it
(10 reviews)
100% of users liked it
(23 ratings)

Alex is a successful fashion photographer who demands more from his work. A man infected with an urge to shoot.After looking into the sun during a photo shoot of the sunrise, Alex begins to see blurs and spots. His condition worsens and he seeks medical help, without any success. As the blurs… More Alex is a successful fashion photographer who demands more from his work. A man infected with an urge to shoot.After looking into the sun during a photo shoot of the sunrise, Alex begins to see blurs and spots. His condition worsens and he seeks medical help, without any success. As the blurs develop into an apparition, Alex embarks on a journey deep into the dark underbelly of New York City to seek out alternative help. --© Official Site

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.
Directed By: Minos Papas
Written By: Minos Papas
Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Drama

In Theaters: Mar 19, 2010 Wide
On DVD: May 17, 2011
Studio: Cyprian Films

Critic Reviews

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Intermittently beautiful but frustratingly leaden, Shutterbug labors ineffectually to promote authenticity over artifice.
Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Spins experimental imagery and mystical manifestations into a gossamer-thin, ponderously off-the-wall plot.
Andrew Schenker, Village Voice
Papas makes our familiar city seem just as invitingly sinister as you once imagined it to be.
Kam Williams, NewsBlaze
An overambitious production which, while not quite ready for primetime due to techical flaws, at least exhibits enough promise in terms of acting, plot and camera angles to make this critic curious to see Papas's next picture. Dante's Purgatory!
Matthew Nestel, Boxoffice Magazine
Its drowsy work and parlor tricks suck the life out of what's supposed to be a sleepless city
Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru
An intriguing, elliptical and visually stylish journey into the unknown. It's a well-crafted, intelligent and unpredictable mystery that requires repeated viewings.
S. James Snyder, Time Out New York
Writer-director Minos Papas channels both David Lynch and Dante's Inferno, but Shutterbug lacks the poetry -- or precision -- of a true phantasmic freak-out.
Joseph Jon Lanthier, Slant Magazine
One-third lysergic plutonian tour, one-third attempted digital-art mindf---, and one-third pointlessly phantasmagoric twist thriller.
Harvey S. Karten, Compuserve
A photographer looks at a Dante-esque New York late at night and runs into trouble in a micro-budget movie that's more doggerel than poetry.