Girl with a Pearl Earring
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: December 12, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
28
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0
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60
TimeRichard Schickel
This material is either underdeveloped or crudely put by a director whose style is so conventional that he makes James Ivory look, by comparison, like Jean-Luc Godard. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
An auspicious feature-directing debut by Mr. Webber in so many ways -- a groaning board of temptations for the eye and ear -- that you may almost forgive the film its lack of drama and the perfunctory attempts at characterization. Viewing this film has been likened to watching paint dry; actually it is more like watching a painting dry. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineAngel Cohn
Webber's assured directing is evident throughout; in addition to eliciting strong performances from his cast, he always knows when to linger on an image and when to move on. Read full review
60
SalonCharles Taylor
What's the point of setting up a historical fantasia around an invented character if you're only going to make her part of the scenery? Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Eye caviar that doesn't pretend to be much else.
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Pretty much the whole movie is a series of poses, static and uninvolving, except for cinematographer Eduardo Serra’s lighting, which makes everything look convincingly Vermeer-ish. I’d like to see what he could do with Rembrandt. Read full review
60
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Unfolds as a series of meticulous tableaux vivants, but like those parlor pastimes, it lacks physical verve and a compelling emotional charge. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Webber's film offers painstaking reproductions of the town of Delft circa 1665 in all four seasons. That's just the problem: you feel every pain he took. Girl With a Pearl Earring is an art movie in the worst way. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
In filming this movie with such artistic precision, the movie ironically winds up objectifying Griet just as much as any appreciator of the original painting. Read full review
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