The Portrait

Someone wrote this during the writer strike, and the screenplay should have stayed in the shadows. There is a unique twist on a trope, but this screenplay has serious first-draft vibes. Art is very subjective, but when you art is objectively boring then you have a big problem.

This film is 120 minute long. The writer strike drew a clear line between writers and producers.

What you see with this film is a beautiful script ruined by producer opinions.

The end result is a drawn out, boring, confusing, recycled trope.

This script could have been something special, but the wrong people got involved. Or the good people were pushed aside. Or professionality was sacrificed.

I'm not exactly sure what happened, but I don't believe this film was the intended goal.