Girl With A Pearl Earring (2003) 8/10

Starring : Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt, Cillian Murphy, Essie Davis
Director : Peter Webber
Running Time : 92 mins

A young girl named Griet (Johansson) takes a job as a cleaner in the home of renowned painter Johannes Vermeer (Firth), where she finds herself in the position of having to pose for him on the order of Pieter Van Ruijven (Wilkinson), Vermeer’s sole patron, who plans on seducing Griet before the painting is complete.

In spite of being quite downbeat and having a very muted energy running throughout, this is still a very enjoyable movie with some nice performances from all involved, particularly Wilkinson whose underplayed sinister character is a wonder to behold.

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