The Monuments Men

— “The Monuments Men” was good enough to justify the senior, matinee price I paid, but in the end it’s a little too much another romp by Clooney and pals. It does indeed harken to the kind of World War II film no longer made by Hollywood and it does remind us how important art and culture are to civilization. (Actually, it hammers the importance of art a little too hard.) Sadly, it’s an uneven feeling film and many of these scenes just didn’t quite work. It’s nothing special in spite of a cast of very special people. Cate Blanchett is particularly underused.

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[2014. 118 min. Directed by George Clooney. Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchette, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, and Bob Balaban.]
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