PAINT

Playing a mock copy of Bob Ross, Owen Wilson stars as Carl Nargle, PBS's #1 show in the Burlington, Vermont area. Carl is the talk of the town until one day, a competitor Ambrosia (Ciara Renée) is hired on to assist with the slumping ratings outside of Carl's 1-hour show, Paint. The 2 couldn't be anymore different as Carl is stuck in the past with his rotary telephones, Bob Ross fro, and paints only naturistic pictures; while Ambrosia is an openly gay painter, unapologetically still living with her parents, and has more of a variety with her work. The film is somewhat funny but is more in the tone of a NAPOLEON DYNAMITE/NACHO LIBRE type of humor (awkward at times humor). I could see this having the makings of a cult classic one day but outside of a few jokes and a touching story of how Carl never got over the love of his life Katherine (Michaela Watkins), who works at the station with him, there isn't a lot here and probably not worth many people's time. 6/10