Woman in Gold

The fight for justice never ends


Woman in Gold
Based on a true story, about an elderly Jewish woman, who had fled from the Nazis during World War II.. She set about retrieving family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting 'The Lady in Gold'. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer, she embarks upon a major battle which takes them all the way to the heart of the Austrian establishment and the U.S. Supreme Court, and forces her to confront difficult truths about the past along the way

106 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Prejudice).
Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Max Irons, Charles Dance, Antje Traue, Elizabeth McGovern
Director
Simon Curtis
ScreenplayAkexu Kaye Campbell, from the life story of E.Randol Schoenberg and Maria Altmann
MusicMartin Phipps, Hans Zimmer
CinematographyRoss Emery
EditingPeter Lambert
Sound formatsDolby Digital
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2015
Produced byOrigin Pictures, BBC Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageMild impact, infrequent
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceLow impact, infrequent
PrejudiceLow impact, infrequent
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance SuggestedRated PG-13 for some thematic elements and brief strong language.
Runtime109
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.


CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
12 +
Positive messages
4
Positive role models
3
Violence
2
Sex
1
Language
3
Consumerism
1
Drinking, drugs, smoking
1

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Theresa Smith quote iconYou can't put a price on the value of justice.
10
Die Burger
Laetitia Pople quote iconKlimt-skildery se nadraai roer.
10
Cape Times
David Rooney quote iconStodgy crusade.
5
ScreenIt
C. Fuchs
10
Metacritic.com
31 critics
10
Rottentomatoes critics
120 critics
12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconWoman in Gold benefits from its talented leads, but strong work from Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds isn't enough to overpower a disappointingly dull treatment of a fascinating true story.
11
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
13
CommonSenseMedia
Staff evaluation quote iconHelen Mirren is best part of fact-based historical drama.
10

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
67 users
14
Rottentomatoes users
15372 users
15
Internet
14162 Netizens quote iconJustice is Done
15

Average .. 56%

11

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