| Girl With A Pearl Earring Review |
| by Balaji Srinivasan (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| There are some paintings that intrigue us, making us wonder about how
those paintings were created. For example, whenever I look at the
'Broken Pitcher' by Adolphe-William Bouguereau at the Palace of Legion
of Honor at San Francisco, I wonder what the...more |
| Girl With A Pearl Earring Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 6/10) |
| CAPSULE: Tracy Chevalier's novel is trimmed down
to almost a vignette telling the story of the model
for Vermeer's most famous painting. The film
actually runs a little slow and introspective at
95 minutes. This is art director...more |
| Girl With A Pearl Earring Review |
| by Andy Keast (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Directed by Peter Webber. Cinematography by Eduardo Serra. Screenplay by
Olivia Hetreed, based on the novel by Tracy Chevalier. Starring Colin Firth,
Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt, Cillian Murphy and Essie
Davis. more |
| Girl With A Pearl Earring Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| If Vermeer had been a cinematographer, this is the movie he would have
shot. Through the lens of his surrogate Eduardo Serra (The Widow of St.
Pierre), the rooms of the Vermeer studio in 17th century Delft are bathed in a
pearlescent light that...more |
| Girl With A Pearl Earring Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| You've probably seen the painting. And you might have read the book (by
Tracy Chevalier). Now, thanks to Lion's Gate Films, you can see the movie,
a lavish but unnecessary imagining of how Dutch master Johannes Vermeer (1632
1675) might have...more |
| Girl With A Pearl Earring Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 6/10) |
| PLOT:
Based on the similarly titled painting by famed Dutch painter Vermeer, this is
the story of the artist and the lowly maid who apparently influenced his
mysterious creation. The film is set in 1664, Holland, and features plenty of
pot, prostitutes...more |
| Girl With A Pearl Earring Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 3.5/5) |
| If you have not read Tracy Chevalier's novel, a fiction of how a
legendary Dutch master was inspired for one of his finest paintings,
you will probably come out of Girl with a Pearl Earring thinking,
"wow, sexual attraction does good things to...more |
| Girl With A Pearl Earring Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 7/10) |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring is this year's version of 2002's Rabbit-Proof
Fence - a flick with practically zero story made more than worthwhile for
the cinematography alone. But Earring one-ups Fence a bit by having actual
acting talent, even if they...more |
| Girl With A Pearl Earring Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING is an exquisite little picture, inspired not by a
story but by a painting of the same name by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer.
With a wisp of a story, the movie is all about mood and shadow, and observing
it is much like savoring...more |
| Girl With A Pearl Earring Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: A-) |
| First timer director Peter Webber, with veteran lenser
Eduardo Serra, has created the most visually beautiful
entry in the San Sebastian Film Festival with his
fictional telling of the human interaction that led to
Dutch art master Johannes Vermeer's...more |
| Girl With A Pearl Earring Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: A-) |
| In the city of Delft in 1665, teenaged Griet (Scarlett Johansson, "Lost in
Translation") must leave her family and go to work when her tile painter father
is blinded in a fire. She becomes a maid under the direction of Tanneke
(Joanna Scanlan) in the...more |
