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List Price: $29.95 | | Label: Water Bearer Films, Inc
Salesrank: 105194
Released: August 22, 2002 |
| Our Price: $10.46 |
| Used Price: $9.11 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A romantic and whimsical comedy on the mysteries of love, sex, and art. Starring Alexis Arquette (Scream) and Margot Kidder (Superman). Winner of Best Screenplay Outfest '97 (Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival). Andrew (Arquette), a gay thirty year old live at home artist is in the midst of a serious creative funk. Rejected by countless art schools and lacking romantic prospects, he looks to his charismatic aging uncle Alfred (Alvin Epstein) for inspiration. Vexed by Andrew's lack of direction is his self absorbed actress mom Genna (Kidder). Genna is equally adrift, working in a comically frightful avant-garde theatrical production. Just when all seem bleak, the two unexpectedly find themselves pursued at Genna's drug and alcohol soaked premier party. Andrew's best friend Lucy (comedian Georgia Ragsdale), a neurotic sculptor who's girlfriend Ingrid channels the spirits of female surrealists, begins to fall for Genna while Andrew is chatted up by the sexy but mercurial art scholar Jerry (Don McKeller). Later when Alfred suddenly dies, Andrew discovers a secret cache of old photographs of Alfred's deceased male lover. It's a transcendent revelation that forces this motley bohemian crew to reckon with the complicated nexus between art and life, and the difficulties encountered by past gay and lesbian artists who have been lost to history for reasons not their own. A wry and sharply drawn look at contemporary gay bohemia that's filled with romantic possibilities, idiosyncratic characters and the transformative power of art.
Never Met Picasso Reviews:
odd and pretentious 
2009-06-20 - Not much here to recommend since there isn't much that this oddity is about!
What soul searching there is lackluster and the acting is even starnger! Some performances are good, but most are wooden and the script is full of how people actually never talk to each other in real life. Terrible.
AMUSING ...PICASSO. 
2000-05-29 - Somewhat hilariouslly amusing gay-comedy of dysfunctional families and friend's, loose moral's and plenty of partner-swapping bed-hopping hi-jinx set amongst Boston's Art community of gallery opening's, hammy-theater performing numerous drug & drink cocktail-partie's and you've got a movie called NEVER MET PICASSO.
Plot is thin and shallow and never really goe's anywhere as character's drop in and out of scenes from nowhere and do nothing.
However Andy(Alexis Arquette) is a frustrated(in more way's than one)30 yr-old gay painter whom enter's a contest to win a trip to Africa for much needed inspiration.
His self-centered mother actress Genna Magnus(Margot Kidder) is vexed by her directionless son and is preoccupied with the world's worst play Naked Tenor(so awful it's funny).
Andy's Uncle(Alvin Epstein) is also gay and keeper of a family-secret.
Other numerous notable friend's are Lesbian childhood-pal Lucy(Georgia Ragsdale) whom shine's the brightest.
All in all fine performances by all cast in a much needed tighter written script by 1st timer director Stephen Kijak, but passable.
Pace drag's along slowly and could've benefitted with some forward-momentom. Amusing.
Colorful, humorous, splendid, and original ! 
1999-08-30 - This film is truly a find ! Arquette is fabulous- as usual, but equally as engaging is Georgia Ragsdale who does a great Jackie-O impersonation in the film. This is one of Don McKellar's more interesting roles, and the old grandfather (Alvin Epstien) brought tears to my eyes. A beautifully photographed film with layers and layers of truths, humour, and sincerety. From female artists who have been forgotton in history, to family secrets, to finding true love and following our hearts,this film has a voice and a message!
A weird and wonderful gem of a film!
1999-08-20 - This is Arquette at his best. The film is a little low on plot but is high on ideas - its thought provoking, tender, strange and really beautiful - the cast is great (I loved Margot Kidder and that crazy psychic painter!). It's like John Waters does Antonioni - a real artful film. This 'story' of a young gay painter and his search for inspiration is filled with unusual characters and small life lessons that are touching and haunting. Like nothing I've seen before!
