Movie #1021 "Woman in Gold" -- had some problems. The past story overshadows the present. I kept feeling that most of the action in the present was done somewhere else, and we were just told "6 months later" blah blah blah. Now, Ryan Reynolds and Helen Mirren make up the film, and actually Daniel Bruhl (from "Rush") adds a lot, too, but take that away, and the modern day story isn't told well, nor is it believable --- too much was left out, in my opinion. And I don't know how truthful Helen Mirren's character is nor Ryan Reyolds, but they were both hard to believe ---they seemed to be hot and cold --- let's just say the actors were asked to do some things they were probably uncomfortable in doing to get the characters across, and I blame the script. For example, Reynolds leaves a scene and goes into a bathroom and cries against a wall --- did we miss something? what happened that he was so moved? There were holes in the script. However, I gave it 3.5 because the back story is interesting and well done, and I always like backstories on famous pieces of art, and in that case, the film doesn't disappoint. It's just how they got there that's part of the trouble.
Woman in Gold
I would give this 3.5 out of 5 stars
Six decades after World War II, Jewish octogenarian Maria Altmann begins a quest to reclaim the artwork confiscated from her family by the Nazis -- including a famed Gustav Klimt masterpiece.
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