The Best Offer
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.
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- Cast：
- Geoffrey Rush , Jim Sturgess , Sylvia Hoeks , Donald Sutherland , Maximilian Dirr , Philip Jackson , Dermot Crowley
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Good story, Not enough for a whole film
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
Amazing play of Geoffrey Rush and amazing film :) A film about art and love. It should be seen by everyone.
The success of this type of movie depends on how satisfying the final resolution is and in this case I thought more could have been made of it. But Geoffrey Rush is always brilliant to watch and Jim Sturgess is very good also. Great production values for a movie set in the world of art and antiques. Good to see Donald Sutherland too. (watched 7/16)
I absolutely love the movie! I have watched it 3 times, every time finding new layers and 'truths', each time seeing the characters from a different angle. For me, this is the movie how it should be - a piece of art that can be admired over and over again. Also, in my opinion, this movie is not about Virgil Oldman (The Auction House Director) but about the mystery of women and love, and one woman in a particular -Claire Ibbetson. This character epitomises in the story all women at once, their mystery (to the Oldman), their beauty, their magic powers, and of course the power of love even though a forged one. There are three major themes in the movie 1)forgeries: any forgeries from art to life ones; 2) offers: the ones we get in life from others; and 3) truths: the inner ones that we hide and the truths we want to find in the world or the ones that are presented to us by others. Virgil Oldman - forges his opinions on art in order to obtain beautiful portraits of women and together with them love. He offers very little for these masterpieces but the real truth is that in the end he pays a very high price for all of them and all at once. Claire Ibbetson - forges a woman in love in order to teach Oldman a lesson and maybe benefit from the forgery in a financial way too. She offers her acting and smartness in return for money and along the way gets love from the Oldman (an unexpected offer). But the truth is she does it to relive her affair with an older man, her lover, who was killed in a car accident some years ago. Billy Whistler - an artist who forges art to help his friend, Oldman, and get some cash too. He offers his friendship and skills but gets just criticism in return until he decides to take a revenge. But the truth is he just wants an appreciation of his talent that he never gets from the Oldman. By forging beautiful portraits of women, he is forging love yet does it with outmost mastery, paying his respect to all the depicted on the portraits women. To me, he gets the best offer ever and a deserved one too.
If there was a movie then it is the best offer what a great movie
