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The Painting

Original title: Le tableau
  • 20112011
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h 20m
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7.3/10
4.3K
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The Painting (2011)
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Three characters of different social classes escape their unfinished painting in search of the Painter, hoping he will complete it.Three characters of different social classes escape their unfinished painting in search of the Painter, hoping he will complete it.Three characters of different social classes escape their unfinished painting in search of the Painter, hoping he will complete it.
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4.3K
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    • Jean-François Laguionie
  • Writers
    • Nicky Baker(Adaptation)
    • Jean-François Laguionie
    • Anik Leray
  • Stars
    • Jean Barney(voice)
    • Chloé Berthier(voice)
    • JB Blanc(English version)
    • Jean-François Laguionie
  • Writers
    • Nicky Baker(Adaptation)
    • Jean-François Laguionie
    • Anik Leray
  • Stars
    • Jean Barney(voice)
    • Chloé Berthier(voice)
    • JB Blanc(English version)
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    • 15User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
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    Jean Barney
      Chloé Berthier
        JB Blanc
        JB Blanc
        • The Painter
        • (English version)
        • (voice)
        • …
        Steve Blum
        Steve Blum
        • Self-Portrait
        • (English version)
        • (voice)
        Julien Bouanich
          Colin DePaula
          • Gum
          • (English version)
          • (voice)
          Serge Faliu
            Wayne Grayson
            Wayne Grayson
            • Quill
            • (English version)
            • (voice)
            • (as Vinnie Penna)
            Jason Griffith
            Jason Griffith
            • Additional Voice
            • (English version)
            • (voice)
            Thierry Jahn
              Christopher Kromer
              • Gray Morgen
              • (English version)
              • (voice)
              Jean-François Laguionie
              Jean-François Laguionie
                Adrien Larmande
                  Gary Littman
                  Gary Littman
                    Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
                    Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
                    • Florence
                    • (English version)
                    • (voice)
                    Kamali Minter
                    • Lola
                    • (English version)
                    • (voice)
                    Dave B. Mitchell
                    Dave B. Mitchell
                    • Pierrot
                    • (English version)
                    • (voice)
                    • …
                    Jessica Monceau
                        • Jean-François Laguionie
                      • Writers
                        • Nicky Baker(Adaptation)
                        • Jean-François Laguionie
                        • Anik Leray
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                        The graphic style of the animation references several French painters, among which Henri Matisse, André Derain and Pierre Bonnard.

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                      6/10
                      Beautiful, and sweet, and a bit dull as a story, sad to say!
                      The Painting (2011)

                      If you like animated films in general, and like inventive ones in particular, see this. I think it's good on many levels—the story, the style, the feeling. Even the sentimental ending.

                      But my taste for animation varies wildly. I loved "Monsters, Inc." and hated "Pocahontas." Anime leaves me cold. It isn't enough to dazzle me with animation tricks, nor to play with children's stories in inventive ways on screen.

                      So this story works with lots of familiar (too familiar) tropes—types of friends, heroes, problems that we know well. The animation (French) is different than both Pixar and Disney styles we know well, and also different than, say Wallace and Gromit (which wasn't American). But it isn't self-sustaining. I mean, it's a little constrained and polite, even when it is taking visual chances. It's all very "nice" all the time, and that goes with the friendly quality of the movie, too.

                      I sound like a curmudgeon. Not so (I think)! But I tried and tried to get absorbed and just got, well, bored. Sad to say. Judge for yourself. I will say that I think you need to give it a half an hour or so to get into some of the range of the film. But then, if it hasn't hooked you, it probably won't.
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                        • May 10, 2013 (United States)
                        • France
                        • Belgium
                        • Canada
                        • Official site (Belgium)
                        • French
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                        • Blue Spirit Animation
                        • BE-FILMS
                        • France 3 Cinéma
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                      • 1 hour 20 minutes
                        • Color
                        • Dolby Digital

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