A story that needed to be tole

Rating: 8/10 (10 April 2015)

I have been looking forward to this movie because of the story and the art. I have always liked the Woman in Gold - I have done needlework that also represents his style. This movie is quietly told - no yelling, no fights, just legal arguments about why the artwork belonged to Maria Altman. I liked the way the flashbacks were presented throughout the whole movie - I felt her pain in those memories. I have read negative reviews of Ryan Reynolds performance and disagree with them. He portrays a lawyer with no practice who learns more about himself as this case goes on and on, and it leads him to the supreme court and back to Vienna. I appreciated the quietness of this film - I think it is a movie that should be shown to teenagers, and watched by those of us who know the backdrop of this story. It is a fact of history but the story of what happened to families is so important to not be forgotten. Well done.