The Woman in Gold

The Woman in Gold

Rated PG-13 and Released in Grand Rapids 4/9/15

Reviewed 4/9/15 at Celebration North Theatre

with Gary, Laurie and Denny

4 out of 5 Js in QUIET Rating System

All four of us left the theatre saying we loved this movie! A very touching story based on true events that is inspiring enough to make a trip to see this famous painting in its final resting place. Helen Mirren superbly plays austrian Maria Altmann who had to flee her homeland escaping the Nazis in WW2. Not all of her family was as lucky as she.

It's now 1998 and a poignant but humble Maria seeks legal counsel to claim something very valuable that belongs to her and her family.

Thousands of pieces of art were stolen by Hitler and the Nazis during the war so retrieving this masterpiece referred to as "The Woman in Gold" is going to be a hurdle...or more like a mountain. Maria works with her nephew, inexperienced attorney Randol Schoenberg (Ryan Reynolds). Her motives are pure but the battle they face together takes its toll on Maria's emotions filled with very dark and buried memories. The underdog pair are going to take on the government and not just any government: her homeland. The story toggles back and forth between 1998 California and wartime 1940s Austria. Mirren and Reynolds are fabulous together. Bring a Kleenex for this story worth being told and for sure worth being seen!

QUIET Rating system: 4 Js

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