My Kid Could Paint That (2007)

Director:

Amir Bar-Lev

Release Date:

18 October 2007 (Australia)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Inspiration or Manipulation? You Decide.

Plot:

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. |

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Amir Bar-Lev	...	Himself
Anthony Brunelli	...	Himself
Elizabeth Cohen	...	Herself
Michael Kimmelman	...	Himself
Laura Olmstead	...	Herself
Mark Olmstead	...	Himself
Marla Olmstead	...	Herself

Directed by
Amir Bar-Lev

Produced by
Amir Bar-Lev	....	producer
John Battsek	....	executive producer
Stephen Dunn	....	co-producer
Andrew Ruhemann	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Rondo Brothers

Cinematography by
Matt Boyd		(director of photography)
Nelson Hume
Bill Turnley

Film Editing by
Michael Levine
John W. Walter

Production Management
Christopher Kenneally	....	post-production supervisor

Sound Department
Mark Garcia	....	adr mixer
Marlena Grzaslewicz	....	supervising sound editor
Eric Offin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ira Spiegel	....	sound effects editor
Ryan Zappin	....	sound

Animation Department
Anthony Kraus	....	animator

Editorial Department
Anne Alvergue	....	additional editor
Will Cox	....	colorist
Will Cox	....	on-line editor
Liam Lawyer	....	additional editor

Music Department
Mariusz Glabinski	....	music editor

Other crew
Winston Emano	....	publicist
David Magdael	....	publicist
Benjamin Rutkowski	....	production intern

Production Companies

• A&E IndieFilms
• Axis Films
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Passion Pictures

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Classics (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• A&E Television Networks (2007) (USA) (TV)
• A&E IndieFilms (2007) (USA) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Tandem Sound  sound post-production

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language.

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Sweden:Btl | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 | Canada:PG

Company:

A&E IndieFilms

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-10-13)" (2007)

So really..."what is art?"

Fascinating documentary about a 4 year old girl who makes abstract paintings that sell for thousands of dollars. The question is raised by a 60 Minutes piece which questions whether or not the girl is actually doing the work herself (I say she is, and that this whole "controversy" is beside the point). But the bigger questions concern the unanswerable, as in "what is art?" If a little girl who is just sort of playing can make beautiful abstract paintings, then how hard could it be? What do we consider art? What are the criteria? The story of what the family went through as the result of the hatchet job by 60 Minutes ultimately makes the film a far more interesting one than it would have been otherwise. And at times the tables are turned on the filmmaker, as he becomes a figure in the film, questioned by its participants. Is this a good movie? Let's just say that I liked this film enough to watch all the "special features" on the DVD, something that I never do. See it.