- 10
...fascinating on all kinds of levels: as a movie about the nature of art, the lure and pitfalls of celebrity, and the complicated conundrums of parenting.
—Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor
- 9
...what makes My Kid Could Paint That such a powerful film is that the truth doesn't change what the movie is about. The movie blooms from a quirky human-interest story to become so much more...
—Noel Murray Onion AV Club
- 9
...astute...
—Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly
- 9
I?ve seen the film twice. It is a wonder, marked by a sense of wondrous skepticism that has nothing to do with cynicism.
—Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune
- 9
...absorbing and insightful...
—Tim Knight Reel
- 8
...Bar-Lev also explores the freakish popular appeal of child prodigies, the family dynamics that come into play when a child's celebrity and earning capacity overshadows the adults', and the remarkably conflicted and contradictory admissions drawn from Brunelli about Marla's work.
—Maitland McDonagh TV Guide
- 7
—Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
- 7
Basic but facinating...
—Nathan Lee Village Voice
- 7
...[the] insistent search for the truth -- about art, success, family -- is what keeps the film from turning into a twee human-interest column blown to main-feature length.
—Fernando F. Croce Slant Magazine
- 7
...is foremost a study in a most unsettling family dynamic.
—Nathan Lee LA Weekly
- 6
...uneven...
—Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times
- 6
He [Bar-Lev] has made an excellent documentary, but it would have been better if he had not made it at all.
—A. O. Scott New York Times
- 6
...struggles to maintain a sober, evenhanded tone about an utterly ridiculous story.
—Kyle Smith New York Post