Saturday, April 4, 2009
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Starring Colin Firth, Judy Parfitt, Tom Wilkinson, Scarlett Johansson, Cillian Murphy. Directed by Peter Webber. (PG13, 99 minutes). The film, adapted by Olivia Hetreed from Tracy Chevalier's novel,
A slow, attentive movie about a painter and his model demands patience But Peter Webber's reworking of Tracy Chevalier's novel is worth staying with: it casts a heavy spell as it unfolds the tale of Griet (Scarlett Johansson), a maid newly arrived in the house of Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth). The year is 1665, and the period reconstruction of the canal city of Delft is formidably detailed.
above all, the presence of Johansson. She is often wordless and close to plain onscreen, but wait for the ardor with which she can summon a closeup and bloom under its gaze.
Reviewed by Elvis Mitchell
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