Rated PG-13 for language and violence
Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, John Goodman, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban
Directed by George Clooney
The Story:
Frank Stokes (Clooney) convinces FDR that finding all of the stolen art that the Nazis have made disappear across Europe is a noble pursuit. Allowing him to assemble his own team, Frank recruits some of the finest art historians of the time and asks them to go in harm's way in search of thousands of years worth of world history. They will mostly succeed, but there will be casualties along the way.
But of course, it is based on a true story.
This is an odd duck of a story.
The truth behind the assignment should have been more than enough to make this movie work.
And yet...
As noted by the trailer, much humor is attempted to be infused into the situations.
Some of the jokes work better than others.
Essentially, the team splinters into 1 or 2 man teams in search of clues to the whereabouts of thousands of missing paintinings, sculptures and other works of art.
As the war draws to a close, the team reunites to get to the large cache of art before the Nazis can destroy it all.
For the most part, the team succeeds.
They also recount the more famous finding: the millions of gold bars also hidden in the mines.
Everyone in the cast does a fine job. Some characters seem less fleshed out than others. You can probably figure out which characters are more likely to not survive the war than their counterparts.
It was good.
It should have been better.
Final Grade: Going with a B-
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: I wanted to like this one more than I did, and add it to the World War II library of films. Maybe someday, but no real hurry.
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