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Rating: 10/10 (8 June 2016)

I wholeheartedly agree that this magnificent film is certainly a work of art.
The story of looted art treasures by the Nazis during their rampage of Europe is outstanding to watch, especially by the performance of Dame Helen Mirren, as an older woman who discovers that the family art treasures are in an Austrian museum.
Forced to flee the country with her young husband, she has totally assimilated into American life and even refuses to speak German.
Ryan Reynolds, as her attorney, is also wonderful here. The film depicts the ups and downs of their lawsuit and shows Mirren ready to throw in the towel at times, but a certain call for justice brings her back into the fold, willing to take on the ruthless beasts who killed her family and literally stole their art treasures.
The ending scene where a victorious Mirren goes back in time, at her present age but to her wedding as a young girl, was most poignant.