The Painting (Le Tableau)
GKIDS | Release Date: May 10, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Village VoicePete Vonder HaarMay 10, 2013
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. Read full review
90
VarietyBoyd van HoeijMay 9, 2013
Jean-Francois Laguionie’s consistently enjoyable, inventive and beautifully crafted tale is a color riot suitable for all ages. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeTy BurrMay 23, 2013
Creative, colorful, and unexpectedly wise, The Painting is the latest offshore animation to show to kids burned out on computer-generated Hollywood toons. Read full review
75
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMay 9, 2013
It’s a fanciful conceit and a well-animated parable about prejudice, standards of beauty and the shifting sands of the painters’ art. Read full review
70
The DissolveNoel MurraySep 10, 2013
For those able to overlook the obviousness, The Painting is both beautiful and affecting. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAnita GatesMay 9, 2013
This is a sweet adventure story for children. (Surely, American parents can deal with the bare breasts of one talking painting.) For adults it is short on narrative sophistication but visually a true objet d’art. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonMay 23, 2013
Laguionie's animation is a lovely jumble of thick lines and saturated pastels...But 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. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMay 10, 2013
Kids with healthy attention spans may warm to its (literally) colorful characters and outside-the-frame action, but most will find it as lifeless as their parents do. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineCaroline McKenzieMay 9, 2013
Its aesthetic employs expressionism, realism, and cubism, but the morality plays are layered on as thickly and haphazardly as a toddler's finger painting. Read full review
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