The Monuments Men

2014 "It was the greatest art heist in history"
6.1| 1h58m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 07 February 2014 Released
Producted By: Columbia Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.monumentsmen.com/
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Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?

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ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.
CommentsXp Best movie ever!
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
comps-784-38265 These days, any time you see a film with the phrase "based on a true story" you know it's Hollywood code for B.S. story, caricatures not characters and historical inaccuracies and/or outright lies. The mistake the film (and clooney) makes, is to try and make a jolly jape, comedy out of what should have been quite a serious subject. Which you could have had some laughs with. Yet another film where the true story would have been so much more interesting and compelling than stereotypes, infantile humour and glibnessI suspect in the film makers egos, they were making a classic war film like 'A Bridge to Far' or 'The Dirty Dozen' instead we get the 'Soppy Seven' good actors in search of a script. Lazy story telling 6/10
Nancy Robertson I'm really shocked at all the negative reviews of this movie. I absolutely LOVE it!! Of course, with this cast we expected greatness and I was NOT disappointed! Everyone in it is brilliant and completely believable. This film is touching, gripping, heart wrenching, and purely wonderful. Yes, there are bits of comic relief- nice little one liners and a little running joke - as well as enough action and surprises, just as every good movie should have. My son (19 when it came out) saw it 3 times in the first 2 weeks! I've seen it 5 times so far. My daughter, 15, who doesn't know much about the time period, loved and completely understood it, gaining a new appreciation for historically accurate movies. I will watch this again and again, any time.
lastine The Monument Men Movie ReviewCharacters (matt Damon) James Granger (george clooney) Frank Stokes (Cate blanchett) Claire Simone (Justus Von Dohnanyi) General StahlPersonal notes Frank Stalks wants to halt all bombing of places that have art in them until they can rescue it to save the art.. He convinces the U.S president to send a group of studied artist to Paris and Germany on a Mission to protect and rescue stolen art that contains the historic past of a group of people that are almost as lost as the art. Stahl continues hiding the artwork and has discovered that his secretary's brother works for the resistance and is killed and she is threatened with jail or being turned into the SS if she is not. Claire is her name. She returns to the hall and realizes that the art is gone. It becomes an intense hide and seek between the two. The race to get ahead of Germany….. Is on Damon and Claire seem to have something going on…. Please don't have an affair in the middle of the war.!!!Plot As World War Two comes to a close Frank Stokes persuades the American president to let a group of trained artist become soldiers and go into the heart of Italy,Paris and Germany in search of Art that will potentially be destroyed forever if Hitler falls into the fate of anyone's hands, or if Germany is defeated. Many of the pieces of art have already been lost but a German coordinator gives away the key to the art away to the allies and they begin a hunt to track down the lost art in particular a few certain pieces that are close to each man's heart. As the movie continues lessons of triumph and sacrifice prevail over the despair of war and love and hope take home the prize.Acting The humor makes it enjoyable to watch Emotions are obvious Tons of music to add tension Good realistic costuming and makeup The actors dumped in realistic feeling to make the movie tense and fun to watch.Message; This movie is full of hope and leaves you feeling triumphant, prideful and courageous. It proves how people have to hold on to whatever you have left and treasure your history because when that is taken from you, you have no identity left and can be lost and left behind, forgotten in history.Critic; In the beginning of the movie, it was unclear who was who and what was going on, but this ended up being of benefit to the plot because it added suspense and tension.
SanFranciscoCinephile You can see The Monuments Men was well shot. I liked what Clooney was doing, putting an Ocean's Eleven flavor in a World War II setting, and the Director of Photography Phedon Papamichael does quality work on films with large exterior landscapes like Nebraska (2013), The Descendants (2011) and 3:10 to Yuma (2007). Furthermore, you couldn't ask for a better cast. There was a lot of expectation for this movie to pick up Oscar and Golden Globe nods which is why it was originally scheduled for a December release (but later moved to February). In spite of its assets, however, in the end it leaves you somewhat disappointed.Three main issues that made me think this could have been a gem, if only. First is that it couldn't decide if it was a comedy or a serious historical movie. Usually a drama has some humor, and a historical comedy has drama. This one felt like a tug of war between the two, and in the end there was no clear winner.Second was the editing. They could have shed 3 or 4 scenes without sacrificing the story, and trimmed a few others to keep the movie from lagging. But then in the DVD Bonus Features you see them shoot a victory scene with large crowds; why was that cut from the theatrical version?And third, as phenomenal as Alexandre Desplat's score was, some scenes felt like they were missing music, again giving us a tug of war between a lush Hollywood production and French minimalism. Maybe it was re-edited at the last moment and some scenes were left bare.So there you have it, one of the most interesting stories of World War II that could have been an awards favorite. I put it somewhere in the Top 15 non-violent, non-atrocity WWII films. They are (not necessarily in order):1. The Bridge on the River Kwai 2. The Imitation Game 3. Casablanca 4. Sophie Scholl 5. The Sound of Music 6. Judgment at Nuremberg 7. Ike 8. The Reader 9. A League of Their Own 10. Valkyrie 11. The Book Thief 12. Five Graves to Cairo 13. South Pacific 14. The Monuments Men 15. 1941