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Paint

2023

Brit McAdams

Owen Wilson, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Stephen Root, Michaela Watkins ...

4.1

138

Comedy Carl Nargle, a local treasure with a soothing whisper of a voice, has been hosting his own painting show on Vermont public television for decades. His art captivates, and has attracted the attention of many women over the years, especially those who work at the station.

	Author	Review
United States	Ross Bonaime Collider	"[It] is an odd attempt to make a comedy while also doing the least amount to make that comedy actually funny"	NEG
United States	Greg Nussen Slant	"Without the acerbic edge that might have turned it into something truly demented, or a clear opinion on its main subject, it fades out as nothing more than a fuzzily drawn nostalgic wallow (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"An amusing, undercooked satire of toxic male delusion"	NEU
United States	Tomris Laffly The Wrap	"Brit McAdams’ tale falls short of its comedic and dramatic ambitions"	NEG
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Owen Wilson delivers a thin impersonation in this weak comedy (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Despite Wilson’s on-the-nose caricature and the enjoyable comic performances of such supporting players as Lusia Strus and the ever-reliable Wendi McLendon-Covey, 'Paint' never delves beneath the surface"	NEU
United States	Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"The comedy is flat and the drama is dry, and none of it adds up to a pretty picture. If you want my advice, you can feel free to skip 'Paint' and watch old Bob Ross videos on YouTube instead. It'll be more rewarding"	NEG
United States	Jude Dry IndieWire	"Bob Ross deserved better"	NEG
United States	Pete Hammond Deadline	"I really wanted to like the harmless but forgettable 'Paint' a lot more than I did, but nevertheless it is always nice to see Owen Wilson, even in a less-than-memorable film"	NEU
Canada	Jon Mendelsohn CBR	"An enjoyable movie with a lot of heart that doesn't strive to be grand"	POS
United States	Tara Bennett IGN	"Disjointed dud of a composition"	NEG
United States	Brianna Zigler Paste Magazine	"Other than Wilson’s performance (...) everything else in 'Paint' is so aggressively baffling, unfunny and clumsy that it only leaves you confused over what you just watched, why it was made and why you watched it in the first place"	NEG
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[It] can’t seem to decide what it wants to be, and ends up being nothing much at all"	NEG
Canada	Alex Maidy JoBlo	"This is not a bad movie, but it could have used better focus and more energy"	NEU
United States	Matthew Monagle Austin Chronicle	"Like the work of Carl Nargle, history will hopefully be very kind to what McAdams has created (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Mae Abdulbaki Screen Rant	"[It] is tonally inconsistent, neither sweet nor funny & lacking direction. It is a mess of a film that struggles to find its footing (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Andrew Webster The Verge	"It’s not ridiculous enough to be funny and not charming enough to make you invested in what happens"	NEG
United States	Christian Gallichio The Playlist	"[It] is a truly strange film that is never the full-on comedy that one might expect"	NEU
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"Wilson’s folksy performance (...) can only make it sound so wise—he feels limited by both the shadow of Ross and the material he has to work with (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Nick Schager The Daily Beast	"It is a bizarrely unfunny Bob Ross satire"	NEG
United States	Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"'Paint' may ultimately be just modestly amusing, but at least it understands that a palette of well-blended tones has a better chance of earning our laughs than the one-color-fits-all kind"	NEU
United States	Dana Stevens Slate	"This could have been the setup for a terrific workplace comedy if McAdams' script didn't seem at every turn to blunt the edge of its own satire"	NEG

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