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Girl With a Pearl Earring

2003

Peter Webber

Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Cillian Murphy ...

6.4

17,660

Drama Delft, Holland, 1665. After her father is blinded in an explosion, 17-year-old Griet (Scarlett Johansson) must work to support her family. She becomes a maid in the home of Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth) and gradually attracts the master painter’s attention. Though worlds apart in upbringing, education and social standing, Vermeer recognizes Griet’s intuitive understanding of color and light and slowly draws her into the mysterious ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"An intelligent, visually ravishing adaptation of Tracy Chevalier’s best-selling novel"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A stunningly designed piece of work (...) it is just so ambitious, and intriguing, and beautiful, you will find yourself immobile in front of its canvas, drinking in the details (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"I can think of many ways the film could have gone wrong, but it goes right, because it doesn't cook up melodrama and romantic intrigue but tells a story that's content with its simplicity (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"A dexterous and absorbing visual re-creation of the lighting and the look that Vermeer achieved in his work"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Johansson blends beauty, passion and wit with the innate grace of a born star (...) that each frame looks like a Vermeer (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Natasha Aitken Empire	"Very good - one of the rare book adaptations that actually benefits from a visual makeover (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Even if Girl With a Pearl Earring is not nearly as remarkable dramatically as it is visually, it is, finally, a film of great beauty"	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"We are transported seemingly effortlessly to 17th-century Holland (...) The film's deliberate pacing beautifully complements the nuances of a story about the complexity of creativity (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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