My Kid Could Paint That (2007)

Directed by

Amir Bar-Lev

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the story of Marla Olmstead, a young girl who becomes famous for her abstract paintings. It follows the controversy that erupts when people question whether she actually painted them herself.

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What happens

My Kid Could Paint That is a 2007 documentary film by director Amir Bar-Lev. The movie follows the early artistic career of Marla Olmstead, a young girl from Binghamton, New York who gains fame first as a child prodigy painter of abstract art, and then becomes the subject of controversy concerning whether she truly completed the paintings herself or did so with her parents' assistance and/or direction. The film was bought by Sony Pictures Classics in 2007 after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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