IMDb plot summary: Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
Directed by Simon Curtis. Starring Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, and Daniel Brühl.
Woman in Gold stars Helen Mirren as an Austrian refugee fighting to reclaim family heirlooms stolen by Nazis decades earlier and Ryan Reynolds as the young lawyer who decides to represent her. This is based on a real-life case, and the actual facts are much more interesting than the standard biopic treatment this gets. The script and all the story beats are pretty well telegraphed from early on. I did however find a lot to latch on to in the acting. Helen Mirren is, of course, always excellent, and here she does an excellent job balancing the raging emotion and the calm decisive action of the character. And I'm reminded that I really enjoy Ryan Reynolds as a dramatic actor. He brings an earnest charisma to his role here as a young lawyer who is out of his depth but really wants to do the right thing. So we do have two good performances in a pretty mediocre movie. Possibly worth watching, but possibly also worth just reading about the story yourself and skipping the movie adaptation.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Woman in Gold < The Blues Brothers
Woman in Gold > Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Woman in Gold > Outbreak
Woman in Gold < The King and I
Woman in Gold > Little Norse Prince
Woman in Gold > Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Woman in Gold > Skylark
Woman in Gold > Wind River
Woman in Gold > Hercules
Woman in Gold > Blue’s Big Musical Movie
Woman in Gold > Avengers: Infinity War
Final spot: #2166 out of 3847, or 44%.
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