Under-rated

Rating: 7/10 (25 May 2015)

I put off seeing this film due to so-so reviews from newspaper film critics. After seeing it today, it reaffirms my vow to continue to ignore said reviewers. This is a fine two hours of solid entertainment buoyed by a outstanding performance by Helen Mirren. Yes, there are weaknesses in the script, but it's still a very much worth seeing. The storyline is provocative. Do the wounds of bigotry and injustice every leave us? Will justice take away the pain of genocide? These Holocaust stories need to be told, especially as survivors grow fewer and fewer each day. There is room for movies that grab you by the heart rather than by the throat. Give me "Woman in Gold" over the sensory assault of the latest Mad Max flick any day.