You won't be disappointed!

the audience applauded

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

First, this is a chick flick. There is very little action; it's all about a girl's feelings; it takes an incredibly long time for the plot to develop; and finally, only a chick flick would devote major time to a girl getting her ears pierced (a metaphor for sex, but still boring). After one hour into the movie, we finally find out that a fat, rich guy has commissioned Vermeer to paint Griet (Scarlet's character), while also expecting to have sex with her. That would make her one heck of an expensive whore, but (get ready for it) the "twist" is that she's just a conservative servant girl. Yes, believe it or not, that's what the whole movie is about! Also, it's about the pearl earrings changing hands. Exciting stuff, huh?The main problem lies with Scarlet's acting. Sometimes her eyes are shifting all over the place (mostly up and down), and at other times she stares. I feel like she should have been portrayed as a strict Calvinist. However, we aren't given enough background information to know for sure how puritanical her morals are, plus she sometimes stares right into Vermeer's eyes, which is not what a highly religious girl would do. So sometimes she seems to be "asking for it" (I don't mean asking to be raped so please don't go there), and other times she pulls away from him as if in terror. So the character is very inconsistent and not well developed, despite all the screen time devoted to her.I know that girls, especially teenage girls, can be rather weird, inconsistent, and hard to read. Even so this character portrayal seems phony and hard to watch due to all the eye movements and staring; dumbly hanging her mouth open; at other times opening and closing her mouth like a fish; staring at a mistress or master somewhat brazenly before bowing her head in a supposed gesture of respect; going around in silence most of the time but at other times speaking boldly; etc. It's all too freaky and weird for me.Scarlet's mouth and face are beautiful, but to those who say one reason they watch the movie is just to see her mouth and face, I say go buy a poster of her instead of wasting almost two hours on this. In fact, a quick google tells me there are some nude photos of her floating around, but I probably shouldn't go there.Other potential faults of this movie: Vermeer, though he is already a famous painter and the breadwinner of the household, is depicted as henpecked and allowing the mother-in-law to dominate the household.Even though Vermeer's wife hears lots of rumors that Vermeer is painting Griet (the rumors are all over town and throughout the house), she doesn't go check on him while he is painting and catch him in the atrocious act of having Griet model fully clothed for his painting. Quelle horreur!The worst thing is that this fictional movie is unfair to the real Johannes Vermeer, and to his family and descendants.

If you tired of usual movies and want to take thorough pleasure, you should watch "Girl with a Pearl Eaeeing". This film will already intrigue you on the first minutes and it will be continuing up till the very end. On the first sight this film could seems you like boring and tiresome, however, if you continue watching, you realize, how wonderful it is. This mysterious plot without clear end make you think about important issues you haven't thought before. You may be in some shock after the screening. The action takes place in the Dutch Republic, in 1655. Griet (Scarlett Johansson) is a shy girl, which started to work as a maid in the house of Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth). She is quite and doesn't attract many attention from the house residents. Nevertheless, she drew the attention of the Johannes Vermeer, because, despite her young age, she can feel the process of the painting, colors, mechanism for creating pictures. Vermeer appreciates her deep in sight and once ask her secretly to pose for a new picture... Actors coped with their roles perfectly. Glances, smiles, silence, tone of voices - all of in is played distinctly. The director - Peter Webber - managed with the transfer of the main idea. Music by Alexandre Desplat, who also worked on the films like "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", "The King's Speech", "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is fantastic and it helps us to feel deeply what the main heroes are feeling. To sum up, it can not be denied that some films we watching are marginally creating our culture, our world outlook, and this very film could give us many different interesting issues for thinking about. You can enjoy this film in all occasions: sunny day or rainy night, in a good mood on in a bad spirit.

A painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" of a Dutch artist Jan Vermeer is famous all over the world. Dutch Mona Lisa is looking at you from the painting. Who is this beautiful stranger with large enigmatic eyes and with an earring? Peter Webber, a producer of the film "Girl with a Pearl Earring", is trying to find an answer to this question. The year of 1665. The Netherlands. Young Griet is a maid in the house of a famous Dutch artist, whose name was Jan Vermeer. He realized at once that the girl had the same opinion on different problems. Griet was the only person whom Vermeer could trust to knead dyes a camera-obscure. Nobody at home could understand his affection towards the maid. The girl posed for one of his paintings. That was the reason for Jan's relatives to expel her from the house. The main attention is paid to the artist and his muse. Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson were able to act all feelings and emotions of the heroes professionally. Griet fell in love with the artist, but she understood that there was a huge social difference between them. I suppose that it was not love for the artist. I think Griet was a source of inspiration. The producer shows Vermeer as a person who felt affection to Griet. But on the other hand he couldn't insist on her staying at home. One of the main advantages of this film is the fact that the producer gives a chance to the spectators to make conclusions themselves. Nevertheless, this film isn't for everyone. The absence of familiar rashness can be rather dull for modern people. Those who understand art will pay attention to light contrast and even to small details, many of which are still not evident. The symbols of this film are pearl earrings, hidden hair, ceramics. Everyone has his own associations with them. In conclusion I'd like to recommend this amazing film to my contemporaries, because it shows a wonderful world of culture and art of the 17th century.

At the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia (High dot o.r.g) a new exhibit has opened up that runs through September 29, 2013 entitled the "Girl with a Pearl Earring". After some research I found out that this Johannes Vermeer painting became part of the popular lore after this movie came out based on the book by Tracy Chevalier. The movie is a fictional tale but it puts the painting in the right context of life in the 17th century. Staring Scarlett Johansson as the seventeen year old Griet, the subject of the painting, the story is of lost innocence and the passion of an artist working on capture natural beauty. This movie is a perfect companion to the exhibit or to anyone who wants to watch a good tale of a well known portrait. In 2012 the Girl with a Pearl exhibit was the highest viewed show in the world when it stopped in Tokyo. As part of the exhibit, the High Museum will have a showing of the movie, of which the attendees can check out the painting for themselves.