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My Kid Could Paint That is 1 hr 22 min long.

What is My Kid Could Paint That about?

A look at the work and surprising success of 4-year-old Marla Olmstead's paintings that have been compared to the likes of Picasso and has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars. CBS' 60 Minutes aired an exposé suggesting strongly that the paintings were painted by her father, himself an amateur painter. As quickly as the public built Marla up, they tore her down. The New York Post asked whether "the juvenile Jackson Pollock may actually be a full-fledged Willem de Frauding," the Olmsteads were barraged with hate mail, ostracized around town, sales of the paintings dried up, and Marla's art dealer considered moving out of Binghamton. Embattled, the Olmsteads turned to the filmmaker to clear their name. Torn between his own responsibility as a journalist and the family's desire to see their integrity restored, the director finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into a situation that can't possibly end well for him and them, and could easily end badly for both.

My Kid Could Paint That

Name: My Kid Could Paint That
Genre: Art House/Foreign,Documentary
Released: 2007-10-05
Duration: 82
Rating: 78

PG-13 1 hr 22 min

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How long is My Kid Could Paint That?: My Kid Could Paint That is 1 hr 22 min long.

Who directed My Kid Could Paint That?: Amir Bar-Lev

What is My Kid Could Paint That about?: A look at the work and surprising success of 4-year-old Marla Olmstead's paintings that have been compared to the likes of Picasso and has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars. CBS' 60 Minutes aired an exposé suggesting strongly that the paintings were painted by her father, himself an amateur painter. As quickly as the public built Marla up, they tore her down. The New York Post asked whether "the juvenile Jackson Pollock may actually be a full-fledged Willem de Frauding," the Olmsteads were barraged with hate mail, ostracized around town, sales of the paintings dried up, and Marla's art dealer considered moving out of Binghamton. Embattled, the Olmsteads turned to the filmmaker to clear their name. Torn between his own responsibility as a journalist and the family's desire to see their integrity restored, the director finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into a situation that can't possibly end well for him and them, and could easily end badly for both.