Paint. It's a wonderful little comedy starring Owen Wilson. Other than a deliberate passing similarity in appearance to the late PBS host, Bob Ross, Wilson plays a unique and sympathetic character. And it is a film well worth seeing before it makes it to cable TV.
But first....
Last night, RQS and I went to see this movie. I wasn't sure of what to expect, save that Wilson went out to mimic the soft spoken feel of Bob Ross's programs. Could this film be a parody of Bob Ross? Maybe. I was prepared for anything from a cynical, biting comedy to a love story told with humor. If this story tells of the growth of an apparent one-dimensional character to a person of depth. Yes, it is, in part, a love story. But not in the way one might think.
Sadly, if I say too much about this film, I will spoil it for those who haven't seen it. But I will say that the protagonist's van is called "Vantastic", the same tagline that one of my favorite cruise bloggers uses. I can say, there is one joke that requires that the viewer wait to the end of the film to enjoy and it involves a modern artist known the world over.
