Never Met Picasso Explained

Never Met Picasso
Director:	Stephen Kijak
Producer:	Patrick Cunningham Stephen Kijak
Starring:	Alexis Arquette Margot Kidder Georgia Ragsdale
Music:	Kristin Hersh Bill Lee
Cinematography:	David Tames
Editing:	Angelica Brisk
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Distributor:	Turbulent Arts^[1]
Runtime:	101 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Never Met Picasso is a 1996 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Kijak and starring Alexis Arquette and Margot Kidder.^[2] Its plot follows a thirty-year-old gay man who attempts to get his life in order while living with his actress mother in Boston.

Cast

• Alexis Arquette as Andrew Magnus
• Margot Kidder as Genna Magnus
• Georgia Ragsdale as Lucy
• Don McKellar as Jerry
• Keith David as Larry
• Alvin Epstein as Uncle Alfred

Reception

Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Arquette and Kidder given the chance to come across as quite appealing" in their roles.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Never Met Picasso. AFI Catalog of Feature Films. https://archive.today/20190204021609/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/61313-NEVER-MET-PICASSO?sid=abd0ca5e-0605-4e52-bc0d-3241651254a9&sr=4.4525948&cp=1&pos=0%5C. February 4, 2019. February 4, 2019. live.
2. Web site: Rotten Tomatoes. Never Met Picasso. February 4, 2019.
3. Web site: Los Angeles Times. 'Never Met Picasso': Comedy of Behaviors. November 28, 1997. Thomas, Kevin. Kevin Thomas (film critic). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20151024102144/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/nov/28/entertainment/ca-58420. October 24, 2015.