Good story to tell but not to show

Rating: 3/10 (16 September 2015)

This is a great story that fails big on the big screen. The two main characters have a great deal of personal history and conflicts that I should care a great deal for them except that I didn't when watching. There is not a moment of impact that can move me. Ryan Reynolds made me tired, he wore one face and one expression throughout the movie, so whenever not seeing him was some relieved moments though rare. And Helen Mirren was too wise, too snickering, too often for her own sake, she undermines whatever suffering she wants me to feel. There were many characters just happen to be there to fill the gaps, they made no sense whatsoever including his kid and his wife, the movie barreled through them like a big tractor down the freeway and left them no trace. Meaning: I don't really care for any.
I was happy to see Tom Schilling in the tiny role of the watching Nazi officer, he did light up the screen in this dull affair, why not using this magnificent actor for the main role I wonder. Suggestion: Go watch him in A Coffee in Berlin and see your life worth living at least for two hours than this American made trash.
Woman in Gold tried mighty hard to pull audience through and beyond the canvas but it could not. It's too weak and too lame, and left me dangling right there by the frame.