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Rating: 6/10 (18 May 2014)

The Monuments Men
The reason the Nazis stole art was so that the Führer could replace the artist's name with his own.
Thankfully, the soldiers in this war movie are here to prevent Hitler's Mona Lisa from happening.
Near the end of the war, Frank Stokes (George Clooney) convinces the US President that Europe's fine art needs to be reclaimed from the clutches of Nazis looters.
Compiling a team of museum curators and art historians (Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville), he disperses teams in search of the relics.
But a Nazis colonel is ensuring that no one country can claim ownership.
Loosely based on real events, director George Clooney takes great liberties with the source material. Meanwhile the characters are drastically underdeveloped and the narrative is uneven.
Besides, if you want a war souvenir, do like the Americans and bring home the skulls of Japanese soldiers.
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