The Painting (2013)
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Cast
as Lola (English version)
as Lola (French version)
as Ramo (English version)
as Ramo (French version)
as Claire (English version)
as Claire (French version)
as The Great Chandelier (English version)
as Le Grand Chandelier (French version)
as Quill (English version)
as Plume (French version)
as Gum (English version)
as Gom (French version)
as Magenta (English version)
as Magenta (French version)
as Graymorgan (English version)
as Monsieur Gris (French version)
as Florence (English version)
as Self Portrait (English version)
as L'autoportrait et Le Peintre
as Harlequin (English version)
as Garance (French version)
as The Painter/Venice Painter (English version)
as Silhouette (English version)
as Pierrot/Grim Reaper (English version)
as Orange de Mars (French version)
as Le Capitaine (French version)
as Le peintre de Venise (French version)
as Pierrot (French version)
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Critic Reviews for The Painting
All Critics (22) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (4)
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.
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.
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.
Creative, colorful, and unexpectedly wise, "The Painting" is the latest offshore animation to show to kids burned out on computer-generated Hollywood toons.
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.
Lovely but lifeless 'toon is none too subtle in delivering its multicultural moral.
Audience Reviews for The Painting
The Painting is not for kids, yet it does have a child-like earnestness that combines with the simple elegance of the animation to give the film a charming quality. It is a short and sweet little film.
Super Reviewer
Figures leave the painting they live in and go searching for the Painter, trying to find out why he left the canvas they live in incomplete. If the story had been sketched out with as much loving detail as the beautiful Impressionist-style artwork, this might have been a masterpiece, rather than something that's just nice to look at.
Super Reviewer
'The Painting'. A simple enough plot, thematically rich, and the most visually unique thing I've seen in years. I do question the final message about changing one's self to fit in though...
Super Reviewer
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