Great writing, acting, and execution

Rating: 9/10 (13 July 2015)

This movie seems very underrated overall. I think it deserves somewhere near an 8 on the overall ranking. The acting was great. Mirren was great like always, and Reynalds shined more than i thought possible. The editing was a strength for this movie with the exception of the very end which i thought could have been more succinct and joyous. The movie excelled at showing rather than telling, and the flashback scenes were both more numerous and powerful than i anticipated. They also were pieced together perfectly to intelligently enrich the main timeline. Also the movie provided some timely humor, some great educational information, some great role model characters, without being pandering. I expected to like this movie more than most people due to being so interesting in art, but I definitely would recommend the Woman in Gold to any friend of mine with confidence they would enjoy it.