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The Monuments Men

2014

George Clooney

George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman ...

5.2

16,893

War. Drama. Action Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Too much of the time, 'The Monuments Men' falls into a compromised middle zone, not urgent and only mildly amusing."	NEU
United States	Scott Foundas Variety	"Clooney has transformed a fascinating true-life tale into an exceedingly dull and dreary caper pic (...) a museum-piece movie about museum people."	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Retro fun and addictive adventure (...) The work of the 'Monuments Men' is fresh territory for film, and Clooney builds the story with intriguing detail and scope. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Keith Uhlich Time Out	"Clooney occasionally shows a surer hand: He gets great work from 'Downton Abbey’s' Bonneville (...) and has a fine monologue himself. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"'The Monuments Men' boasts a fine cast, which only makes the movie feel all the more like a lost opportunity as it curiously, stubbornly refuses to come to life."	NEG
United States	David Edelstein New York Magazine	"The Monuments Men never quite shakes off its family-friendly squareness. It’s a graceful, engaging film—I enjoyed it. (...) in its way it’s a great piece of escapism."	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Genial and well-intentioned, but tepid. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"It can be nice to spend time with these actors even when you don’t believe their characters for a single second, and there’s no denying this movie’s easy pleasures... Yet because Mr. Clooney can’t figure out what kind of story this is."	NEU

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