Woman in Gold

"There is no doubting the impact of the story behind Woman in Gold. At the turn of the century, Maria Altmann, a Jewish Austrian who had fled her home on the eve of World War II, pursued legal action both in Austria and in her new home the United States, seeking the return of the artwork that had been stolen from her family home by the Nazis. Specifially a series of landscapes and portraits by the Austrian master Gustav Klimt."

"This is manufactured sentiment, less interested in provoking thought than in manipulating emotion..."

"Redeemed by a vital central performance – and some vivid flashbacks."

"The stuff of a workmanlike true-life drama, spoon-feeding its audience a steady diet of speeches and schmaltz."

"The film seems to think the mere presence of Mirren as a wisecracking widow will be enough for us to forgive it a multitude of sins."

"[Pushes] too hard and too forcefully, laying on schmaltz where none is needed."

"This is a stodgy crusade-for-justice drama, directed and written with minimal flair."

"Even with a starry cast, the stirring true story is this drama’s standout feature."