Trading Paint (2019) Reviews

• You might be a redneck if...

  TheTopDawgCritic2019-02-26

  ...you enjoy seeing cars go around and around a track. This was a decent C-grade novice production that I'm guessing Travolta did someone a favor in starring in. The director and both writers have little experience, and it shows in this film with flimsy writing and poor directing of the cast. The acting was decent considering, and it was great to see the lovely Shania Twain in her first full length feature film, and she did quite well. Travolta nailed it as did Toby Sebastian, and the rest of the cast were all convincing in their roles, although some of the redneck Alabama accents seemed out of place. The camera work was good, the films length and pacing decent, but the story lacked anything memorable. Not a bad film if you're into this type of racing in the Alabama backwoods of Talladega. For a novice C-grade film, it wasn't great nor bad, considering some of the bigger production films that have come out lately that were garbage. It's a well deserved 6/10 from me.

• Bland & Pointless

  xenafan402019-02-26

  If a movie doesnt draw me in by 20 minutes or so, it most likely won't. i gave this one till halfway point, which was enough for me. Travolta seems to be doing a string of pointless low standard movies, and michael madsen hasn't been in a decent one for years, that should have been an alarm bell. Thought i recognized shania twain , although i hadn't known she was in it prior. Scenes with her were lifeless to wooden, she's no lady gaga. all in all, a pointless movie, unrealistic, zero substance, uninteresting, lifeless scenes and acting...yawn give it a miss.

• Watchable

  mc_figueiredo2019-03-03

  Its worth to watch the movie for some reasons : 1. A new screening partnership with Shania Twain 2. The race scenes are Ok 3. The second movie from his own producer JTP but this movie is too far even from the movies from Travolta career rebirth

• VIEWS ON FILM review of Trading Paint

  burlesonjesse52019-03-05

  Parodied character names like Sam "The Man" Munroe and Bob "Lead Foot" Linsky. The gorgeous Shania Twain phoning in her love interest performance as if she were the spokeswoman for Simple Mobile. The cheesiest sports commentary since the Ben-Hur-style pod race in The Phantom Menace. An ending too fanciful for words. It's all here in Trading Paint (my latest review). Let's just call "Paint" Days of "Blunder" shall we. Anyway, Trading Paint takes place in Alabama and was filmed in Alabama. Its production values basically consist of going to a small rural town, turning on the Panavision camera, and quickly yelling action! As for "Paint's" story, well it's about minor league dirt car racing, like father, like son racing, and rivalry racing all rolled up into one. The scenes where the stock cars are barreling down the speedway seem anti-climatic, underwhelming, pedestrian, and few and far between. Somewhere Cole Trickle is shaking his head in embarrassment while sipping some hardcore Tennessee moonshine. Trading Paint, which comes off like 1990's Days of Thunder on a shoestring budget (see first paragraph), feels insignificant, predictable, and incredibly small-scale. I give the filmmakers a little credit for trying to install a dramatic narrative as opposed to just relying on built sedans violently rubbing up against each other (hence the name of the movie). Still, "Paint" veers into straight-to-video territory real quick. Look there's "Paint" star John Travolta harboring little integrity, sporting his umpteenth hairpiece, and spewing more weirdo southern accents than Jim Nabors (how noble of him). And look, there's co-star Michael Madsen channeling his inner, uber-villain while trying to be relevant again (uh what the heck happened to this dude's career and speaking voice?). Bottom line: Loved the catchy title of this film. Loved seeing Shania in tight jeans. Didn't really like Karzan Kader's cut corners direction. Didn't really like "Paint" in general. Sadly, Trading Paint is gearhead "finger-paint". Rating: 1 and a half stars.

• It's not bad, it's not great

  BigLaRusso2019-02-23

  Look, I'm a huge Travolta fan, I think he is one of the best and most versatile actors in the world. It disappoints me that his career is recently low budget movies, I wasn't a fan of Gotti or Speed Kills but this I preferred over those. Not to say this is a great movie, it's not, but it's average. The story is ok and interesting enough, John is terrific as always and does his best with what he has to work with, the ending is absurd, I won't spoil the movie but the ending just spoils it for me, like I said the movie through out is fine and doesn't get too boring, but the ending was unfortunately a little to silly just to get the heroic finale As title says, it's not bad but it's not great I have seen much much worse, if you are not a Travolta fan you might think it's bad, I'm a huge fan so maybe though bias i gave it 6/10 which I think is fair