The Monuments Men

It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.

• “This is their story. It is true. It is history. As a film, it is riveting, suspenseful, harrowing and exciting, and somehow, it also manages to be something rare among war pictures—a big-scale entertainment.”

  Rex Reed, Observer · 88

• “Who knew? The work of the Monuments Men is fresh territory for film, and Clooney builds the story with intriguing detail and scope.”

  Peter Travers, Rolling Stone · 75

• “This is a solid albeit slow-building film with few dull moments.”

  Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times · 75

• “If you’re worried that the re-teaming of Clooney and Cate Blanchett in a World War II movie signals something like “The Good German,” fear not: She’s better here, playing a French art historian who worries the Americans will “rescue” the art in order to steal it for their own country.”

  Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer · 75

• “Except possibly for a superlative supporting performance by Hugh Bonneville of “Downton Abbey,’’ Clooney’s low-key directorial effort is not quite an Oscar-caliber movie, though it’s got a great cast, a worthy theme and plenty of things to reward adult moviegoers.”

  Lou Lumenick, New York Post · 75