2005
PG-13
Castle Hill Productions
1 h 37 m

2005
PG-13
Castle Hill Productions
1 h 37 m

Summary A world-renowned art collector's wife dies in a car crash, and the distraught midwestern magnate asks his trusted African-American driver to help him raise his son. The boy then grows up torn between the two men's very different worlds, and eventually falls in love with the driver's niece. The two young people face the tribulations of an...

Directed By: Peter Manoogian, Joshua D. Rose

Written By: Buddy Sheffield

2005
PG-13
Castle Hill Productions
1 h 37 m

2005
PG-13
Castle Hill Productions
1 h 37 m

The Painting

Name: The Painting
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2005-04-29
Duration: 1 min 37 s
Rating: 32
Cast: Clifton Davis, Charles Shaughnessy, Stacey Dash, Heath Freeman, Debbie Allen

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Peter Manoogian, Joshua D. Rose

Written By: Buddy Sheffield

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L.A. Weekly

The 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.

By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Too squeaky-clean to convey the turbulence of the period.

By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Moving 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.

By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW

Film Threat

This 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.

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Production Company Hammer Productions

Release Date Apr 29, 2005

Duration 1 h 37 m

Rating PG-13

Genres

Tagline Two worlds. One love. Turbulent times.

The Painting

Top Cast

Clifton Davis

Thomas Ayers

Charles Shaughnessy

Randolph Barrington III

Stacey Dash

Hallie Gilmore at 18

Heath Freeman

Randy Barrington at 18

Debbie Allen

Bertha Lee Gilmore

Ben Vereen

Whistlin' Willie Weston

Cody Dorkin

Randy Barrington at 13

Bumper Robinson

Marcus Gilmore

Josh Ackerman

Allen Kuperburg

William R. Moses

Martin Shaughnessy

Shari Dyon Perry

Hallie Gilmore at 13

Paul Taylor

Leon

Diana Brim

Agnes

Buck Baker

CJ

Mary Ann Burger

Mrs. Watkins

Cameron DeVictor

Tow Truck Driver

Shelah Erickson

Extra

Thomas Fattoruso

Everett Renalt

William J. Hamilton

Soldier

Jason Allen Hardiman

Nate Rogers

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