Synopsis
Three characters living in an unfinished painting venture out into the real world in search of their creator to convince him to finish his work.
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Cast
- Chloé BerthierClaire (voice)
- Thierry JahnPlume (voice)
- Jessica MonceauLola (voice)
- Céline RontéGarance (voice)
- Adrien LarmandeRamo (voice)
- Magali RonsenzweigOrange de Mars (voice)
- Jean-François LaguionieSelf-portrait / The Painter (voice)
- Julien BouanichGom (voice)
- Serge FaliuPierrot (voice)
- Thomas SagolsMagenta (voice)
Recommendations
- 90
Variety
Jean-Francois Laguionie’s consistently enjoyable, inventive and beautifully crafted tale is a color riot suitable for all ages. - 90
Village Voice
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. - 88
Boston Globe
Creative, colorful, and unexpectedly wise, The Painting is the latest offshore animation to show to kids burned out on computer-generated Hollywood toons. - 75
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
It’s a fanciful conceit and a well-animated parable about prejudice, standards of beauty and the shifting sands of the painters’ art. - 70
The New York Times
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. - 70
The Dissolve
For those able to overlook the obviousness, The Painting is both beautiful and affecting. - 50
Slant Magazine
Its aesthetic employs expressionism, realism, and cubism, but the morality plays are layered on as thickly and haphazardly as a toddler's finger painting. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
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.
