SummaryIn this wryly inventive parable, a kingdom within a painting is divided into three castes: the impeccably colored Alldunns, the incomplete Halfies, and the barely outlined Sketchies who are treated as outcasts. Chastised for her forbidden love of the dashing Ramo, Claire runs away into the cursed forest. Ramo and his friends journey after her, cr... Read More
Directed By:Jean-François Laguionie
Written By:Nicky Baker, Jean-François Laguionie, Anik Leray, Stephanie Sheh
The Painting (Le Tableau)
Metascore
Generally Favorable
70
User score
Generally Favorable
6.4
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
70
67% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
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0% Negative
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May 10, 2013
90
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.
May 9, 2013
90
Jean-Francois Laguionie’s consistently enjoyable, inventive and beautifully crafted tale is a color riot suitable for all ages.
May 9, 2013
75
It’s a fanciful conceit and a well-animated parable about prejudice, standards of beauty and the shifting sands of the painters’ art.
Sep 10, 2013
70
For those able to overlook the obviousness, The Painting is both beautiful and affecting.
May 9, 2013
70
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.
May 10, 2013
50
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.
May 9, 2013
50
Its aesthetic employs expressionism, realism, and cubism, but the morality plays are layered on as thickly and haphazardly as a toddler's finger painting.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.4
64% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
9% Mixed
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27% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
May 10, 2014
9
This movie is a work of art - literally. It is surprisingly smart; the characters and plot have depth, the animation is different and beautiful, and the moral is great, too. It has a different feel than most Hollywood films, and is definitely wiser - it's just a feel-good film that warms the heart.
May 15, 2013
0
Worst movie of all time except for Hugo. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Production Company:
- Blue Spirit Animation
- BE-FILMS
- France 3 Cinéma
- uFilm
- uFund
- Rézo Productions
- Blue Spirit Studio
- Sinematik
- Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF)
- Eurimages
- France Télévisions
- Canal+
- Ciné+
- Iris Group
- Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge
Release Date:May 10, 2013
Duration:1 h 16 m
Rating:TV-PG
Tagline:Break on through to the other side.
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Awards
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Monterrey International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 1 Nomination
