Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
Director: Simon Curtis
Writers: Alexi Kaye Campbell, E. Randol Schoenberg (life story)
Director: Simon Curtis
Writers: Alexi Kaye Campbell, E. Randol Schoenberg (life story)
Stars: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl
Movie Reviews:
I
just got home from seeing this film, and I very much enjoyed it. I've
been reading some of the negative reviews and trying to understand what
they're on about, but I just don't get it. I think it was a great film
and I'm glad I saw it. OK, maybe following all the legal machinations
gets a little dry at points, but I'm happy with this. It means that the
film makers *respect* the story. This isn't one of those atrocities that
claims to be based on history, but in fact plays so fast-and-loose with
the facts that what you are getting is almost entirely fiction (yes,
"The Imitation Game", I'm looking at *you*). While I don't know the
details of the actual history in this case, from what I'm able to make
out it seems like this film stays pretty true to the facts. I, for one,
am glad they resisted the trend of schmaltzing the thing up.
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