The Story of a Stolen Life.
| Cast |
Oakes Fegley, Ansel Elgort, Nicole Kidman, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Wilson, Sarah Paulson, Willa Fitzgerald |
| Director |
John Crowley |
| Screenplay | Peter Straughan, from the novel by Donna Tartt |
| Music | Trevor Gureckis |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Editing | Kelley Dixon |
| SA distributor | Empire Entertainment |
| Made in | 2019 |
| Produced by | Amazon Studios, Color Force, Warner Bros. |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | None (sic) |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None (sic) |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | |
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| R: Restricted | Rated R for drug use and language |
| Runtime | 149 |
| 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. | |
| 15: Suitable for 15 years and older | Drugs, Language |
| Runtime | 149 |
| British 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. | |
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| Suggested age limit 16 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| RSG Leon van Nierop  THE GOLDFINCH is ‘n moeilike ervaring, en vir my die grootste teleurstelling van die jaar. | 0 |  |
| Metacritic.com 38 critics | 8 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 140 critics | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Beautifully filmed yet mostly inert, The Goldfinch mishandles its source material, flattening a complex narrative into a largely uninvolving disappointment. | 5 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 9 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Tara McNamara Art-centered drama about loss has teen drinking, drug use. | 10 | |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy So, as it stands, the film is a mixed bag filled with good performances and a compelling nature revolving around loss and damaged souls, but also a disjointed, sometimes flat and ultimately a bit frustrating approach at telling such a tale. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 24 users | 15 |  |
| Rottentomatoes users 914 users | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 15 | |
| IMDB 1679 Netizens | 13 |  |
| The Movie DB Community | 13 | |
Average .. 50% | 10 | |