Fantastic Movie!

Rating: 10/10 (6 October 2016)

After seeing the actually painting at the Neue Galerie in New York City, I wanted to see the movie behind it. I was not disappointed. Of course the acting is great, who doesn't love Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds was a super huge surprise as well as Daniel Bruhl, but it is the story that captivates. As beautifully done as the painting is, the movie also takes you on a beautiful, sometimes intense, haunting ride through a very painful part of history. Going back and forth between the contemporary age where Maria Altmann is trying to recover what is rightfully hers to the past when the painting was stolen you gain an understanding of the pain and fear of the time. It is one I will purchase to watch again and again.