Unfortunately, Paint is tonally inconsistent, neither sweet nor funny & lacking direction. It is a mess of a film that struggles to find its footing.
Paint may have its heart in the right place, but it’s difficult to discern exactly what writer-director Brit McAdams intended with the film. It has something to say about the media’s treatment of someone based on their age and profitability, being replaced by someone younger, and how going through the motions is ultimately detrimental to the creativity of a painter. Unfortunately, Paint is tonally inconsistent, neither sweet nor funny, and lacking direction.
On paper, Paint seems charming, and there is indeed an endearing quality about the film, but that doesn’t translate so well onscreen. It’s tonally unsure, and it’s difficult to gauge what exactly the film is trying to be. In some moments it plays out like a rom-com, and in others it is a dramedy dealing with an artist’s fading significance and sense of self. The film is all over the place in terms of its story and rarely do the comedic beats land.
The cast is watchable, but they’re not given much to work with. Owen Wilson is charming as Carl, whose own self-importance blinds him to what’s important. The actor toes the line between comedic nonchalance and earnestness without going too far in either direction. Still, in a film that seems confused about its own identity, it might have been worthwhile for Wilson to lean further into the absurdity, as McAdams should’ve done.
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