The Goldfinch

"The story of a stolen life."

2019 2h 29m EN

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7.1

SOLID

★7.1TMDB · 963

Drama

Synopsis

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A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.

“The story of a stolen life.”

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Cast

Ansel Elgort
Theodore Decker
Oakes Fegley
Young Theodore Decker
Nicole Kidman
Samantha Barbour
Jeffrey Wright
James 'Hobie' Hobart
Luke Wilson
Larry Decker
Sarah Paulson
Xandra
Willa Fitzgerald
Kitsey Barbour
Aneurin Barnard
Boris Pavlikovsky

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Crowley
Writers: Peter Straughan
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Crowley, shot by Roger Deakins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Trevor Gureckis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kelley Dixon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Ansel Elgort and Oakes Fegley and Nicole Kidman carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The story of a stolen life.".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3864056 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

John Crowley directs. Roger Deakins behind the camera. Trevor Gureckis scores. Kelley Dixon cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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1Released 7 years ago.
2Directed by John Crowley, shot by Roger Deakins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Trevor Gureckis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Kelley Dixon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Ansel Elgort and Oakes Fegley and Nicole Kidman carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The story of a stolen life.".
7IMDB entry: tt3864056 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 10 themes, including "new york city", "based on novel or book", "museum", "painting".

The technical file

Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Original score: Trevor Gureckis
Editing: Kelley Dixon
Production design: K.K. Barrett
Costume design: Kasia Walicka Maimone
Makeup / hair: Evelyne Noraz
VFX supervisor: Lesley Robson-Foster
Sound: Lawrence Zipf
Stunt coordinator: G.A. Aguilar
Runtime: 149 min · 2h 29m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $40,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Goldfinch (2019)

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Peter McGinn2021-05-07
This movie apparently had a firestorm of mixed reviews and comparisons to the Pulitzer Prize winnings book swirling around it - and I missed it all. Thankfully. I enjoyed the movie, though it wouldn’t make a list of my favorites. It is told by jumping forward and backward in time, which allows filmmakers to withhold key or dramatic details of the plot as long as possible. This seemed stunning and revolutionary way back when I watched Pulp Fiction, but now of course a lot of movies play with event sequencing. (I suppose one of the foreshadowing of this technique was Citizen Kane, like, what the hell does Rosebud mean?) So I am comfortable knowing that some things may take a while to make sense. This movie is all over the place: geographically and plot-wise, but I was fine with it. Sometimes I like a movie that dares me to pay attention. Given the hysterical nature of some of the negative reviews, I feel I might want to read the novel, but I understand it is rather long, and so is my reading list! I would say that if you aren’t a person who hates movies made from your favorite books, give this one a watch - just let it wash over you. My final comment is: I really like the Boris character, who drops into the action a couple of times. Where is his movie? Hmm, maybe he shows up more in the book. Sigh, okay, it goes onto my reading list.
CinemaSerf2024-05-30
★ 7/10
I really don't see why this got quite such a kicking from the critics. Ansel Elgort, Jeffrey Wright and Nicole Kidman put a good effort into a tale that hinges on the impact of one single, tragic, moment in time and of the subsequent consequences. The characters visibly evolve throughout the film and it flows in an interesting and absorbing fashion. It is a wee bit too long and perhaps some more judicious pruning of the original - rather lengthy - book might have been in order. That said, the screenplay does hold true to the book in all the essentials and really this is well worth a watch.

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