Film Review: Exit Through The Gift Shop (2010)

Considering the meteoric rise of street artist Banksy, going from just one of many similar artists to someone whose work routinely sells for thousands of pounds and who can be called upon to design a typically bleak and hilarious opening sequence for The Simpsons, his first foray into film seems both inevitable yet unexpected. There is a limit to what his satirical pieces can do, so a move into a more populist medium makes sense, but that just raises the question of whether or not his impish satire would work on film. Exit Through The Gift Shop, whilst not as dark as Banksy's other work, definitely maintains the healthy irreverence which has gained him such notoriety.