Wonderful

Rating: 9/10 (1 August 2015)

What a beautiful movie. Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds did such a good job that we forgot we were watching a movie. The story was based on fact, the paintings were real and atrocious act of taking people's belongings and lives by the Nazi's was very real. The supporting cast was wonderful, young Maria looked like she and Mirren are related. The slipping back and forth added such realism to the film. It was joyous and horrible at the same time. Despite the subject matter this was a very uplifting film.
My only complaint isn't with the movie, but I should think it would be a concern to the producers of films that have subtitles (the film uses them for dialogue while in Austria). I do not understand the use of white letters of text upon a light background making reading of the dialogue so difficult. It may show up better on a large screen but it should be changed now that most people watch films at home. I am hearing impaired and use closed captioning, white letters in a black box. I wish subtitles could do the same, maybe in italics in a black box so they can be read by all.