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49% Critic Match
Never Met Picasso
“Family Trees, Twisted Roots”
4.9 / 10• 1997• 1h 41m•NR• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
Still living at home with his avant-garde actress mother, constantly rejected by art schools, and without a lover, aspiring painter Andrew decides to enter a contest in hopes of winning a six month stay in Kenya. Though things aren't great for Andrew, neither are they wonderful for his lesbian friend Lucy who constantly bickers with her lover Ingrid. Lucy complicates Andrew's life when she introduces him to the suspicious-looking, enigmatic Jerry.
Cast & Crew
Alexis Arquette
Andrew Magnus
LeadGR
Georgia Ragsdale
Lucy
Margot Kidder
Genna Magnus
Don McKellar
Jerry
Keith David
Larry
Alvin Epstein
Uncle Alfred
O
Omewenne
Ingrid
DB
Diane Beckett
Mailwoman
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stephen Kijak's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Never Met Picasso is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
