The slow enchanting tale of Maria Altmann

Rating: 8/10 (30 July 2015)

You know, there is a movie I have in my computer and my friends have told that its a slow movie and then you don't want to watch it. But as a filmmaker you are curious to know what is the movie all about and then you decide to watch it. The movie bores you for 10 minutes, as you are not introduced to the characters properly. Instead you are just thrown in their lives. So you have to work hard to understand the characters and what is going on. Surely you would switch it off and won't watch it, but I challenge you to switch off after 20 minutes when you are all hooked up. If you felt the first 10 minutes were boring, well the next 10 minutes are as exciting which won't let you leave your seat. It is then you start enjoying the story and you want to know what happened in Maria's (played by Hellen Mirren and Tatiana Maslany) past. The random flashbacks take the movie forward and you start liking Maria more. Her stubborn look and attitude makes you fall in love with her as you get to know the reason for her attitude. Her past was obviously threatening as she was living under Hitler's reign. The era which every Austrian who have suffered would like to forget. You feel for her and would want to live the moment with her. Then the movie starts to focus on Maria's lawyer also E. Randol Schoenberg (played by Ryan Reynolds), obviously this guy has a big role to play in Maria's life. He is the man who will get her paintings back ***** (SPOILER)*****. Then we see a great relationship among the two lead characters. The sense of responsibility and respect showed by the two characters is amazing and it is very well played by Hellen and Ryan. During the whole movie you will be swayed by Maria and you will hate the Austrian people but it is at the very end you realize the mistake you made. It is not the Austrian people who were bad it was the people in power in Austria who try to take things away from normal people. In her flashback it was the Nazis and at present it was the Austrian people in power. So, enjoy the story of justice which is indeed priceless and with that you would enjoy the emotions of togetherness, love, family and feeling of being alone at the old age mixed with several others that will just charm you over.