Rent The Monuments Men (2014)
3.0 of 5 from 365 ratings
1h 53min
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- Synopsis:
- Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, 'The Monuments Men' delivers thrilling action and priceless performances from an all-star ensemble cast, that includes George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman and Cate Blanchett. When a team of unlikely - and woefully unprepared - heroes is sent to The front lines of WWII to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazis, the race against time to protect a thousand years of culture begins. These curators, architects, artists and historians may not stand a chance...but they're the only chance we've got to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements!
- Actors:
- George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban, Dimitri Leonidas, Justus von Dohnányi, Holger Handtke, Michael Hofland, Zahary Baharov, Michael Brandner, Sam Hazeldine, Miles Jupp, Alexandre Desplat, Diarmaid Murtagh, Serge Hazanavicius, Luc Feit
- Directors:
- George Clooney
- Producers:
- George Clooney, Grant Heslov
- Voiced By:
- Nora Sagal, Avery June Jones, James Audrey Jones
- Writers:
- George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Collections:
- 2014, All You Need to Know About Dump Month Movies, CinemaParadiso.co.uk Through Time, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Bill Murray, Getting to Know: Cate Blanchett, History of US Presidents in Cinema: Part 2, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Films About Trains: Westerns and War Movies, Top 10 Titles Featuring the Mona Lisa, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 09/08/2014
- Run Time:
- 113 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Deleted Scenes
- In Their Own Words Featurette
- George Clooney's Mission Featurette
- Marshaling The Troops Featurette
- A Woman Amongst "The Monuments Men" Featurette
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Reviews (5) of The Monuments Men
Interesting and entertaining old-fashioned boy's own war movie - with art! - The Monuments Men review by PV
I really enjoyed this film. It covers a story not covered before in any mainstream movie (there was a very slow British TV movie about how Britain's art was hidden in a mine in Wales, but...)
An all-start cast, a good pace, some decent structure and jeopardy, though some feels tacked on (esp the guff about a statue and a nasty Nazi with a sling), all make this a predictable but enjoyable quest movie. Based on truth, and real-life photos are shown at the end, but one can only wonder how much is really true.
Certainly, the language is more 21st century than 1944: no-one then was 'tasked' with doing anything, I believe (that came into the language in the 1990s), and the word 'teenager' was first used by an advertising agency in 1948 (though 'teen-age' was used well over a century ago) - so how can these old soldiers in 1943/4 refer to being shot at by teenagers in training?
But anyway, a good enjoyable romp, and an opportunity for some older actors to have fun. Practically no women in the film (just Cate AKA Claire) and absolutely no ethnic minorities (except Jews). That is how one can tell that this got absolutely no funding from the pc BBC...
4 stars. A proper movie for art-lovers and boys who like old war film like The Great Escape of Kelly's whatever...
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Three stars because of the cast ... - The Monuments Men review by EM
But each and every one of them was wasted.
This could have been such a good film, after all, it is a true story. But the screenwriter(s) and the editors need to be shut in a room and played this film on continuous loop for their sins. It is disjointed, lost, ineffectual and stereotyped. (cue Russian officer looking defiantly Russian). All the actors were disengaged with their roles and simply mouthing their lines as if they couldn't care less. And in the end, I didn't care less either.
*sheesh* another 90 minutes to me forever.
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Is there anything George Clooney can't do? - The Monuments Men review by ND
The acting performances are what you'd expect from a stellar cast but as the closing credits came up I noticed that Mr. Clooney had directed it as well, which is impressive!
The casting is superb, especially the Germans. It's a good story, watch it.
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