Because no crime is too small

Rating: 8/10 (28 April 2020)

I love art & even though, it isn't a masterpiece like the titular painting, it's still a good movie. The only drawbacks are that the movie is 15 minutes too long & a bit overtly sentimental (but that you can excuse, considering the subject matter).
Now the good stuff:
1. The initial scene which shows Klimt painting the 'Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer'. The whole thing is so good: the intriguing painting technique, the consummate painter, the luminous model, the necklace, the ambience, the light, the music, etc. For just a little while, this scene transported me into the room like an eavesdropper & made me feel like great art was being made right before my own eyes.
2. The background music, the beautiful photography, the perfect sets & the sensitive portrayals by all the actors involved.
3. The bonding scenes between Altmann & her lawyer.
4. The scene when the lawyer breaks down upon his visit to the holocaust memorial & the one where he confesses brokenly to his wife that he only went for the money.
5. The scene where Altmann says that when people see the painting, they see the work of a great painter but she sees her aunt.
6. The holocaust had devastating consequences, especially for the jews. So, even though it's based on real life events, I was intrigued to see how this movie in particular, which was based on far less sinister aspects of holocaust (that of the theft of a few paintings & belongings), was going to appeal to the audiences. However, this movie very effectively made me realize that theft is theft; be it of life, liberty, identity, dignity or of the things that we hold dear. And nobody has the right to steal anything from anybody even under the worst circumstances such as the dark cloud of holocaust looming over Europe, because no crime is too small.
For these, and many other good things, I liked the movie a lot!