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My Kid Could Paint That
Directed by
Amir Bar-Lev
PG-13
2007
82m
Documentary
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Family
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7.1
94%
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A look at the work and surprising success of a four-year-old girl whose paintings have been compared to the likes of Picasso and has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Cast of My Kid Could Paint That
Laura Olmstead
Self
Mark Olmstead
Self
Marla Olmstead
Self
Elizabeth Cohen
Self
Anthony Brunelli
Self
Amir Bar-Lev
Self / Director / Producer
Zane Olmstead
Self
Michael Kimmelman
Self
My Kid Could Paint That Ratings & Reviews
Film.com
Mark Bourne
New York Times senior art critic Michael Kimmelman offers sharp insights when he mentions how Marla's painting reflects not just 'innocence' and what our psyches project into them, but also 'the cynicism of the art world.'
I.E. Weekly
Amy Nicholson
A fascinating exploration of art, creativity, and family dynamics that takes an unexpected right hook.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Bar-Lev exploits Marla as much as, if not more than, any other player in his movie.
Detroit Free Press
John Monaghan
More than a standard child prodigy profile, My Kid Could Paint That turns into a priceless examination of modern art, celebrity and what it means to be a kid.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
The self-reflexive narrative is particularly fascinating because Marla's story is so critical to selling her art; everyone involved, the filmmaker included, has a vested interest in proving it genuine or fake.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
It's a thought-provoking look at the world of abstract art, the relationship between a reporter and his/her subject, and the nature of parenting, prodigies, and "objective" storytelling.
Arizona Republic
Richard Nilsen
Documentarian Amir Bar-Lev began making a film about whether Modern art is a scam and whether a 4-year-old painter from Binghampton, N.Y., might not be as good as Picasso. But Bar-Lev ended making a film instead about whether the 4-year-old is a scam.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
My Kid Could Paint That keeps us intrigued by the questions, long after its last shot of Marla.
Houston Chronicle
Bruce Westbrook
A fascinating documentary.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The truth lurking beneath My Kid Could Paint That is that your kid couldn't paint that.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Still, this is still awful fascinating stuff at times, and little Marla Olmstead is easily one of the more singularly beguiling little kids I've seen grace the silver screen in ages.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
I've seen the film twice. It is a wonder, marked by a sense of wondrous skepticism that has nothing to do with cynicism.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
It's one of the best documentaries of this or any other year.
San Francisco Chronicle
Kenneth Baker
Bar-Lev goes to the heart of the issue -- that all art, but especially abstract art -- demands commitment on every side, but commitment takes many forms and has many motives behind it.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
For parents, My Kid Could Paint That functions as a mirror, prompting us to wonder at what point we should draw the line and close the door. When the national media camp out in our living rooms? When the kid's college account is full?
AV Club
Noel Murray
Bar-Lev is also intrigued by the ethereality of childhood, and whether nurturing a gift can also kill it.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
The opportunities for a satirical comedy are largely missed by filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev, who does a lot of first-person hand-wringing about his methods. That is both a distraction and an indication that he got a little too close to his subjects.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Amir Bar-Lev began this documentary as a fairly straightforward portrait of a prodigy. What he ended up with was a complex examination of art, the media and the nature of fame.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
An intimate, sometimes unsettling family drama.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
The longer it goes, the more frustrating it becomes, as [director] Bar Lev declines to come down on one side or the other. It makes his presence in the Olmsteads' lives serve no real purpose other than exploitation of their misery for his own good.
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