An inspiring true story, but a bit lacklustre in the telling

Rating: 8/10 (16 February 2014)

I always like to see movies based on facts, but this film didn't grip me in the way I thought it would. I found it jumped from location to location and time to time in a confusing way, not helped by lots of khaki (not a feast for the eyes). The characters weren't as engaging as they might have been, but maybe I dozed off when they were being built. I found it rather a sad, dreary, film. The art, central to the whole film, seemed on the periphery. Instead of feeling passionately about the treasures lost (and recovered) and completely championing the project, I found myself wondering if this would ever have commanded the budget in today's military. I enjoyed it, but would not buy the DVD.