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The Painting
Directed by
Jean-François Laguionie
Not Rated
2011
80m
Animation
,
Fantasy
,
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7.3
81%
79%
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Three characters of different social classes escape their unfinished painting in search of the Painter, hoping he will complete it.
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Cast of The Painting
Chloé Berthier
Claire (voice)
Thierry Jahn
Plume (voice)
Jessica Monceau
Lola (voice)
Céline Ronté
Garance (voice)
Adrien Larmande
Ramo (voice)
Magali Ronsenzweig
Orange de Mars (voice)
Jean-François Laguionie
Self-portrait / The Painter (voice)
Julien Bouanich
Gom (voice)
Serge Faliu
Pierrot (voice)
Thomas Sagols
Magenta (voice)
Jérémy Prévost
Monsieur Gris (voice)
Jean Barney
Venice Painter (voice)
Michel Vigné
The Captain (voice)
The Painting Ratings & Reviews
The Dissolve
Noel Murray
The Painting may be too mature for younger kids...[and] may also be too simple for grown-ups. But for those able to overlook the obviousness, The Painting is both beautiful and affecting.
AwardsCircuit.com
Clayton Davis
Le Tableau feels like Toy Story if it had been directed by Terrence Malick in an Italian opera that was written by William Shakespeare. It's so profound and moving that your heart fills to the brim with adoration and marvel.
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
A film that lives and triumphs on the strength of its imagery.
New York Times
Anita Gates
Short on narrative sophistication but visually a true objet d'art.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Creative, colorful, and unexpectedly wise, "The Painting" is the latest offshore animation to show to kids burned out on computer-generated Hollywood toons.
Los Angeles Times
Amy Nicholson
While the artist-as-deity concept was flattering enough to get "The Painting" nominated for a 2012 Cesar Award, its big ideas about equality and friendship are flatly 2-D.
Film Geek Central
Austin Kennedy
It's a wonderful, imaginative, one-of-kind experience.
Common Sense Media
Sandie Angulo Chen
Stunning animated drama tackles prejudice, forbidden love.
ReviewExpress.com
Jean Lowerison
Move Over Pixar
Slant Magazine
Caroline McKenzie
The film's aesthetic employs expressionism, realism, and cubism, but the morality plays are layered on as thickly and haphazardly as a toddler's finger painting.
HollywoodChicago.com
Brian Tallerico
A deeply allegorical work about coming to terms with a creator who may have left us behind but it's also just a delightful, romantic adventure with a visual palette far more engaging than most animated blockbusters this year.
Village Voice
Pete Vonder Haar
With striking visuals reminiscent of Matisse and Chagall and a refreshingly (for domestic animation audiences) grown-up storyline, The Painting is almost reminiscent of, well, a work of art.
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
Lovely but lifeless 'toon is none too subtle in delivering its multicultural moral.
Variety
Boyd van Hoeij
Helmer Jean-Francois Laguionie's consistently enjoyable, inventive and beautifully crafted tale is a color riot suitable for all ages.
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
May enthrall precocious kids as well as fine-arts-oriented adults - otherwise no big deal.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
It's sophisticated and stunning, amusing and harrowing, and quite possibly one of the most interesting pictures of the year, raising the bar for CG-animated pursuits.
Film Journal International
David Noh
Dreary animated civics lesson with even drearier imagery.
Film-Forward.com
Kent Turner
Adults will be charmed as much as kids, and the film's depiction of Venice, awash in orange and yellows, almost rivals the real thing.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
...an imaginative parable to teach children about creationism as well as racism, colonialism and many other human evils, framed in a manner that adults will appreciate too.
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