needs a bit more Indiana Jones

Rating: 6/10 (24 December 2014)

Frank Stokes (George Clooney) argues for the rescue of the art of Europe as the Germans pull back. He recruits art experts for the task. Richard Campbell (Bill Murray) and Preston Savitz (Bob Balaban) are join together. Walter Garfield (John Goodman) team up with Jean Claude Clermont (Jean Dujardin). James Granger (Matt Damon) goes to Paris and finds French art expert Claire Simone (Cate Blanchett) who is leery to help him. Donald Jeffries (Hugh Bonneville) goes to Bruges to find a Madonna sculpture.
It's fine to have light comedic moments in a war movie. The problem is that there isn't much of a war in this movie. I understand this is based on a real group of people but this movie needs a bit more Indiana Jones to spice it up. Also it hurts the movie to keep splitting the group up. Matt Damon's bad french is funny. Bill Murray and Bob Balaban seems to have fun ribbing each other. While it has its moments, the movie fails to maintain the tension throughout.