A to be remembered movie

Rating: 8/10 (14 April 2015)

I have just returned from watching the movie "Woman in Gold" with my friend and both of us really enjoyed this excellent movie which I can highly recommend as well worth watching. All the actors played their parts well. Helen Mirren as Maria Altmann, an Austrian Jewish survivor who tries to recover her family's art works,and Ryan Reynolds who plays Randal Schoenberg, her lawyer, were the main actors and did a fine job with many moving moments. I won't go into the story much as the other reviews have all gone over it many times. However, I liked the fact that the story is based on the true life experience of an Austrian woman fighting for justice, restitution,and struggling to find peace from the torment of her past. The movie shows how at times she tries to escape the fight as she is tired and getting older but is spurred on by her able and motivated lawyer. She and her young lawyer struggle against all odds and though at first Randal is not emotionally involved he soon becomes so while visiting Austria and seeing the reality of his own ancestors. Tatiana Maslany who plays the young Maria portrays well Maria's heart wrenching escape from the Nazis in Austria and the separation from her beloved family. The flashbacks are done well and give further substance to the movie. There were some moments of humour to lift the mood of the spectator. After the movie was finished we sat in silence for a while and my friend shed a few tears. It left us thoughtful and moved.