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My Kid Could Paint That

  • 20072007
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
3.4K
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My Kid Could Paint That (2007)
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A look at the work and surprising success of a four-year-old girl whose paintings have been compared to the likes of Picasso and has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars.A look at the work and surprising success of a four-year-old girl whose paintings have been compared to the likes of Picasso and has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars.A look at the work and surprising success of a four-year-old girl whose paintings have been compared to the likes of Picasso and has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
3.4K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
108,404
22,359
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    • Director
      • Amir Bar-Lev
    • Stars
      • Marla Olmstead
      • Laura Olmstead
      • Mark Olmstead
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    • Director
      • Amir Bar-Lev
    • Stars
      • Marla Olmstead
      • Laura Olmstead
      • Mark Olmstead
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    • 29User reviews
    • 63Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
    • Awards
      • 7 nominations

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    Marla Olmstead
    • Self
    Laura Olmstead
    • Self
    Mark Olmstead
    • Self
    Amir Bar-Lev
    Amir Bar-Lev
    • Self
    Anthony Brunelli
    • Self
    Elizabeth Cohen
    • Self
    Jonathan Crosby
      Ron Curtis Jr.
        Michael Kimmelman
        • Self
        Zane Olmstead
        • Self
        Celeste Russi
        Celeste Russi
          Tara Sands
          Tara Sands
            Stuart Simpson
            • Self
            Jackie Wescott
            • Self
            • Director
              • Amir Bar-Lev
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            Storyline

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            • Quotes

              Amir Bar-Lev: [when Laura starts crying on camera on being doubted] I'm sorry that I brought this into your house.

              Laura Olmstead: [bitterly] It's documentary gold.

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              Strange Things Happen Everyday
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            User reviews29

            Review
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            An interesting film but loses focus in the second half
            A new sensation has arrived in the modern art world – what started out as paintings sold for a few hundred dollars in a local restaurant has seen the artist garner national and international press coverage, well-selling shows in New York and comparisons to the world of classics. Thing is, the artist is a four year old girl called Marla, who apparently is painting these oils without help from either parent – who are both quite taken aback by the interest and profitability of their daughter. Filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev spends hundreds of hours with the family, from the rise to fame into the period where Marla's work comes under question.

            It was a fellow reviewer that mentioned this documentary to me a while back and when I saw it on television recently I decided to check it out. For the first half of the film I was catching up with the story as I had never seen or heard anything about this little girl before. To those already familiar with her then I suspect the first half of the film will not that that engaging but for me I found it interesting. Via the media coverage Bar-Lev is able to put questions like "what is art?" on the table even if he personally doesn't do much with them. The problem comes in the second part of the film because it is here where an interesting "last segment on the news" story gets more complex. Questions are asked and the answers are unconvincing – with limited evidence to silence the doubts. Nothing is ever conclusive and Bar-Lev cannot do a "Theroux" and coax anything out of the parents of value. I still found it interesting because the paintings are hard to believe and I was starting to wonder myself – particularly when you see Marla actually painting herself and they do look more like kid's stuff than the impressive creations on sale. But Bar-Lev doesn't seem sure what to do with this and as a result the film stutters to an unsteady conclusion where really it needed to be conclusive – even if that conclusion is inconclusive (if you see what I mean).

            As it is though, this documentary is interesting and it is only a shame that someone more able could have had the access Bar-Lev did, just to see how it could have turned out rather than how it did.
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            • Release date
              • December 14, 2007 (United Kingdom)
            • Countries of origin
              • United States
              • United Kingdom
            • Languages
              • English
              • Mandarin
            • Also known as
              • Benim Çocuğum Başarabilir
            • Filming locations
              • Binghamton, New York, USA
            • Production companies
              • A&E IndieFilms
              • Axis Films International
              • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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            Box office

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            • Gross US & Canada
              • $231,574
            • Opening weekend US & Canada
              • $26,290
              • Oct 7, 2007
            • Gross worldwide
              • $258,316
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            • Runtime
              1 hour 22 minutes
            • Color
              • Color
            • Sound mix
              • Dolby Digital
            • Aspect ratio
              • 1.85 : 1

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