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#214
My Rating:
7
Seen It:
Yes
#214
My Rating:
7
Seen It:
Yes
USA / English
| Colin Firth | Johannes Vermeer |
| Scarlett Johansson | Griet |
| Tom Wilkinson | Van Ruijven |
| Judy Parfitt | Maria Thins |
| Cillian Murphy | Pieter |
| Essie Davis | Catharina |
| Joanna Scanlan | Tanneke |
| Alakina Mann | Cornelia |
| Christelle Bulckaen | Wet Nurse |
| Olivia Chauveau | Baby Franciscus |
| Chris McHallem | Griet's Father |
| Gabrielle Reidy | Griet's Mother |
| Rollo Weeks | Frans |
| Anna Popplewell | Maertge |
| Director | Peter Webber |
| Producer | Andy Paterson; Anand Tucker; Peter Block; Anna Campeau |
| Writer | Olivia Hetreed; Tracy Chevalier |
| Cinematography | Eduardo Serra |
| Musician | Alexandre Desplat |
You wouldn't think a movie could look like a Vermeer painting, but Girl with a Pearl Earring is filmed with an amazing range of luminous glows that evoke the Dutch artist's masterworks. Of course, it helps that much of the movie focuses on Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation, Ghost World), whose creamy skin and full lips have a luminosity of their own. Johansson plays Griet, a maid in the household of Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth), who finds herself in a web of jealousy, artistic inspiration, and social machinations. Though the pace is slow, Girl with a Pearl Earring genuinely conveys some sense of an artist's process, as well as offering many chaste yet sensual moments between Firth and Johansson. Also featuring Essie Davis as Vermeer's bitter wife and Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom) as a wealthy patron with eyes for Griet. --Bret Fetzer
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