I thought Paint would be a biopic of television painter Bob Ross who died in 1995. After all he lived an interesting life such as being an air force drill instructor.
Owen Wilson physically looks like Bob Ross but that is where the similarities end. He plays Carl Nagle. A womanising paint host at a PBS station where he has acquired a cult following of elderly viewers. They do not seem to notice that Carl seems to be painting the same mountain.
The women at the television station all seem to be enchanted by Carl's mixture of naivety and manipulation.
Competition arrives when the station hires a younger woman, Ambrosia for a rival painting show and she proves to be a hit with younger viewers. She also attracts the attention if the same women who once found Carl appealing.
Paint is a one note, one joke movie. It wants to be quirky, folksy and whimsical but the movie feels like an extended sketch.
Owen Wilson physically looks like Bob Ross but that is where the similarities end. He plays Carl Nagle. A womanising paint host at a PBS station where he has acquired a cult following of elderly viewers. They do not seem to notice that Carl seems to be painting the same mountain.
The women at the television station all seem to be enchanted by Carl's mixture of naivety and manipulation.
Competition arrives when the station hires a younger woman, Ambrosia for a rival painting show and she proves to be a hit with younger viewers. She also attracts the attention if the same women who once found Carl appealing.
Paint is a one note, one joke movie. It wants to be quirky, folksy and whimsical but the movie feels like an extended sketch.