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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyL.A. WeeklyErnest HardyThe Painting is a sleekly crafted quilt of moldy racial insight and feel-good kumbaya-isms set against the backdrop of the civil rights era. The acting is competent, TV-movie-of-the-week quality (network, not cable), while every single character is a type you've seen a million times before.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenToo squeaky-clean to convey the turbulence of the period.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasMoving from tragedy to tragedy, the film teeters along unsteadily, showing events we've seen countless times before and then imploding under the weight of its ridiculous ending.
- 20Film ThreatFilm ThreatThis is the sort of film that would drive Miss Daisy to upchuck at the shenanigans of its saintly, cardboard characters and its bizarre, rose-colored depiction of U.S. race relations.