PG-13 | 1h 36min | Comedy, Satire | 7 April 2023 (USA)
Recalling the works of Christopher Guest, Alexander Payne, and Wes Anderson, “Paint” is a bone-dry satire from sophomore feature director Brit McAdams (“Kat Williams: American Hustle,” 2007). Also written by McAdams, the movie draws inspiration from real-life nature painter Bob Ross who, from 1983 through 1994, was one of the most-watched and beloved PBS on-air personalities.
With an over-the-top blond Afro hairdo and a voice that rarely rose above a whisper, Ross was to painting what Fred Rogers was to children’s TV: innocuous, unthreatening, and thoroughly predictable (in a comfort food sort of way). His audience was as fervently loyal and devoted to him as any pop star or sports figure of the time and, for many female viewers, an unlikely sex symbol….