The Monuments Men Rating: 2.43/5
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THE MONUMENTS MEN MOVIE REVIEW
Ratings:2/5 Review By: Rajeev Masand Site:CNN IBN
It’s evident from the repeated speeches Clooney makes about the value of art and culture that he remains committed to directing popular films that still manage to say something important about the world. But while The Monuments Men has a noble message at its heart, it’s just not very satisfying as a whole. I’m going with two out of five. A crushing disappointment.
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Ratings:2/5 Review By: Anupama Chopra Site:Star World ( Hindustan Times)
This could have been The Dirty Dozen meets Oceans Eleven in the art world but instead we get a plodding ride through Europe as the men chase art-stealing Nazis. What is the relevance of art when millions are dying – Clooney answers this fundamental question with lectures on art being the very foundation of modern society. The action is tame and the humor, labored. Eventually the film feels like a tidy museum piece, too bland to even work as escapist adventure. Im going with two stars.
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Ratings:3/5 Review By: Gavin Rasquinha Site:Times Of India
Based on a true story, The Monuments Men is immediately reminiscent of old school Hollywood films also set in World War II. The film itself looks terrific, thanks to cinematographer Phedon Papamichael’s mostly German locations and a misty, retro-looking palette. Unfortunately, the multiple scenarios make the story-telling a bit unbalanced at times. What overcomes this weakness is the fact that the film makes a profound point in a subtle way – that the Fuhrer’s ambitions if left unchecked would have been world-altering, in the most unsettling of ways.
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Ratings:2.5/5 Review By: Raja Sen Site:Rediff
It seems exasperating that with this amazing story — and, indeed, these stakes — Clooney couldnt bring about a rousing, breast-beating, educative motion picture. Hes made The Monuments Men fondly enough to bring his father along to the party (dad Nick Clooney appears for one unmistakable moment) but affection or intent arent enough. Neither is merely pointing toward greatness. Such paintings, such sculptures, such little art.
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Ratings:2.5/5 Review By: Tushar Joshi Site:DNA
Clooney seems unsure about the route he wants to take with this film. Somewhere in between attempting a comedy to addressing a serious topic like reserving cultural heritage and art, he fails to navigate his work in a steady direction. The jokes also seem sudden and stapled in to fill up the gaps. The cast has very little chemistry and even as a collective team look like misfits. Second half loses steam early on and you can’t help but keep checking the dials of your watch. Die hard Clooney fans can make a beeline, the rest can wait for it to hit HBO.
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Ratings:3/5 Review By: Jack Doule (A.P) Site:NDTV
With this film, Clooney (who enjoys a self-satisfying scene telling off a Nazi) has erected a stiff monument, a worthy if undramatic tribute to those it’s based on. One wishes the movie had arrived 11 years earlier. Maybe it would have raised enough awareness to take precautions ahead of the toppling of Saddam Hussein, when Baghdad’s Iraq museum was looted of thousands of antiquities. The Monuments Men, a Columbia Pictures release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for some images of war violence and historical smoking.
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Ratings:2/5 Review By: Aubrey D Souza Site:Bookmyshow
The subject of this film is art and the people who attempt to save it. Art defines humanity as it gives the future generations a chance to look at the past. The essence of art is to exist. The movie shows us some amazing art work and the magnitude of the sacrifice that was needed to save such pieces. Some of the depiction of the paintings and sculptures are sublime. If you enjoy art, then you will enjoy the references to various masters. The movies point that to save a generation, lives will be lost however the creations of those people shouldnt be.
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