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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. Jun 7, 2013 | Full Review…
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.
Pete Vonder Haar
Creative, colorful, and unexpectedly wise, "The Painting" is the latest offshore animation to show to kids burned out on computer-generated Hollywood toons. May 24, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Creative, colorful, and unexpectedly wise, "The Painting" is the latest offshore animation to show to kids burned out on computer-generated Hollywood toons.
Ty Burr
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. May 23, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
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.
Amy Nicholson
Lovely but lifeless 'toon is none too subtle in delivering its multicultural moral. May 15, 2013 | Full Review…
Lovely but lifeless 'toon is none too subtle in delivering its multicultural moral.
John DeFore
Short on narrative sophistication but visually a true objet d'art. May 9, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Short on narrative sophistication but visually a true objet d'art.
Anita Gates
Helmer Jean-Francois Laguionie's consistently enjoyable, inventive and beautifully crafted tale is a color riot suitable for all ages. Dec 30, 2011
Helmer Jean-Francois Laguionie's consistently enjoyable, inventive and beautifully crafted tale is a color riot suitable for all ages.
Boyd van Hoeij
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. Jul 15, 2014 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
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.
Clayton Davis
A film that lives and triumphs on the strength of its imagery. Nov 10, 2013 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
A film that lives and triumphs on the strength of its imagery.
Tim Brayton
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. Sep 11, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
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.
Noel Murray
Made in sumptuously styled animation with a kaleidoscope of bright colours, this briskly-paced French production deals with themes of identity and imagination in a way that should entrance younger viewers... Sep 8, 2013 | Full Review…
Made in sumptuously styled animation with a kaleidoscope of bright colours, this briskly-paced French production deals with themes of identity and imagination in a way that should entrance younger viewers...
Glenn Dunks
Stunning animated drama tackles prejudice, forbidden love. Sep 5, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Stunning animated drama tackles prejudice, forbidden love.
Sandie Angulo Chen
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. Aug 1, 2013 | Rating: 4.0/5.0 | Full Review…
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.
Brian Tallerico
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.
'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...
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