JamesG
02-07-2014, 11:33 PM
Movie Reviews: The Monuments Men
The critics haven't been kind to George Clooney and his motley crew in the World War II comedy-drama The Monuments Men.
Clooney compiles an unlikely group of heroes, puts them through basic training and takes them over to strategic in Western Europe in a bid to perverse the very culture Hitler is attempting to destroy. It’s a fantastic premise and, needless to say, the star power attached to the movie certainly got people excited.
But the critics aren't impressed.
The most prevalent criticisms include an unerring quest to raise important questions without truly answering them; a vapid, messy structure that doesn’t satisfy the grand plot and acting performances full of set piece and virtuoso but lacking substance.
It has been, for want of a better phrase, an "epic fail", and has settled down to a 29% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which won’t satisfy anyone.
"Because Mr. Clooney can't figure out what kind of story this is, he too often slips into pandering mode, including in his own performance, which is filled with too many smiles and speeches," wrote Manohla Dargis of The New York Times.
"Alexandre Desplat's intrusive score keeps telling us what mood we should be in. Moods change from moment to moment, though, and not only in the action sequences,” said Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street Journal.
-IMDb News
The critics haven't been kind to George Clooney and his motley crew in the World War II comedy-drama The Monuments Men.
Clooney compiles an unlikely group of heroes, puts them through basic training and takes them over to strategic in Western Europe in a bid to perverse the very culture Hitler is attempting to destroy. It’s a fantastic premise and, needless to say, the star power attached to the movie certainly got people excited.
But the critics aren't impressed.
The most prevalent criticisms include an unerring quest to raise important questions without truly answering them; a vapid, messy structure that doesn’t satisfy the grand plot and acting performances full of set piece and virtuoso but lacking substance.
It has been, for want of a better phrase, an "epic fail", and has settled down to a 29% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which won’t satisfy anyone.
"Because Mr. Clooney can't figure out what kind of story this is, he too often slips into pandering mode, including in his own performance, which is filled with too many smiles and speeches," wrote Manohla Dargis of The New York Times.
"Alexandre Desplat's intrusive score keeps telling us what mood we should be in. Moods change from moment to moment, though, and not only in the action sequences,” said Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street Journal.
-IMDb News