Boobirt Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

j-snipes When the two principal characters are shown looking into the camera obscura, the image is shown right side up, exactly like the real scene in front of them. The image inside the box should be upside down, since a camera obscura's lens in the real world would produce this effect. I assume that the director deliberately chose to show this incorrectly in order to demonstrate the light (and image) entering the box in a way that the audience could understand. Still, it was a glaring error.

mrmut This is phenomenal movie about art and artistic inspiration. It is an unusual view of one of the most iconic paintings ever made.The story is fantastic, and the movie shows the realism of life in that era very well. The grade 8 is very high in my world, and the only reason it is not 9 is further lack of realism (given it is historic movie).The acting in the movie is stunning, and dare I say - the model for the painting in the movie is actually prettier than the original painting itself.NOTE: Watch this only if you can get it in very high quality. BluRay or higher. The reason for that is fantastic lighting. Entine movie was recorded as if Vermeer painted it.

olya-79344 There are some movies that can be called "my movies" from the first minutes." The girl with a pearl earring" is one of them for me. This movie is rather unusual, not all people will estimate it. The picture doesn't have fascinating plot or prompt development of actions. It is far from a mad rhythm of modern life. That's why it's so charming.The acting is impressing. It is very important that actors are deprived of a present raid for such films. Colin Firth ideally got used to a role of the mysterious artist, a creative person. He is shown acute, thoughtful, impulsive and imperious.Scarlet Johansson showed us the pensive young girl masterly. Her heroine is naive a little , but she has fine sense of beauty.It is one of the few movies which I know where love is expressed by views and gestures. Jan Vermeer and Griet's relations are pure and touching, and we can understand their feelings to each other without words. There are pretty number of dialogs in the film, but the essence of the movie is transferred precisely and beautifully. All picture "is surprisingly silent" and it creates its atmosphere. I think, this "silence" , the muffled colors and bright white light so helped to recreate measured life of medieval Holland from which it is impossible to take away a look.We see green channels and dirty streets against contrast: picturesque landscapes, quiet avenues, pure sheets in the cozy small court yard. The film is very atmospheric, you derive aesthetic pleasure from viewing. Moreover, the requisite is picked up with a big accuracy and attention.There is a separate wish to allocate Alexander Depl's music, without it "The girl with a pearl earring" would lose a half of the charm. It made strong impression on me, the movie ended, but the desire to listen to this wonderful music again and again remained.It is natural to become interested in Jan Vermeer's creativity after the movie. Unambiguously I recommend "The girl with a pearl earring " for viewing.

whitecold If you tired of usual movies and want to take thorough pleasure, you should watch "Girl with a Pearl Eaeeing". This film will already intrigue you on the first minutes and it will be continuing up till the very end. On the first sight this film could seems you like boring and tiresome, however, if you continue watching, you realize, how wonderful it is. This mysterious plot without clear end make you think about important issues you haven't thought before. You may be in some shock after the screening. The action takes place in the Dutch Republic, in 1655. Griet (Scarlett Johansson) is a shy girl, which started to work as a maid in the house of Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth). She is quite and doesn't attract many attention from the house residents. Nevertheless, she drew the attention of the Johannes Vermeer, because, despite her young age, she can feel the process of the painting, colors, mechanism for creating pictures. Vermeer appreciates her deep in sight and once ask her secretly to pose for a new picture... Actors coped with their roles perfectly. Glances, smiles, silence, tone of voices - all of in is played distinctly. The director - Peter Webber - managed with the transfer of the main idea. Music by Alexandre Desplat, who also worked on the films like "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", "The King's Speech", "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is fantastic and it helps us to feel deeply what the main heroes are feeling. To sum up, it can not be denied that some films we watching are marginally creating our culture, our world outlook, and this very film could give us many different interesting issues for thinking about. You can enjoy this film in all occasions: sunny day or rainy night, in a good mood on in a bad spirit.