Directed by and Starring George Clooney, The Monuments Men tells the true story of a group of art lovers who join World War II in order to stop the Nazis destroying much of the cultural history of Europe by stealing books, paintings and statues etc.
This is, perhaps, one of the lesser well known stories of the war, and I can understand why Clooney wanted to make this film, however I found it to be slightly misjudged. It is trying to do two very different things, and in the end does neither very well. It's almost as if the film wants to be a comedy caper movie, with lots of jokes that work quite well, but then 2 minutes later it wants to be a serious war movie and is reminding you of the horrors of the holocaust. It seems to flit between these two differing stances.
The film asks a very interesting question regarding whether this mission was ill judged, and was it worth the lives of those who died in order to protect art. The problem is that the film asks this question repeatedly until you are sick of it. The film then ends with another question, for which the existance if this film is the answer.
A story worth telling, and a film that deserves to be made, but unfortunately I'm not sure that Clooney has done it justice 5/10
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