The Best Offer (2014)
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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Overrated and overhyped
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The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
I watched it twice to make sure I didn't miss anything from the first time. It was a little slow in the beginning, but make sure you stay on it. I like movies with a twist in the end. Very well done!! I highly recommend.
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 am a bit confused. This is my understanding that the only entrance to the villa is the gate. When Oldman enters the villa, he opens the closed gate and closes it after he entered, right? Then he sees the opened gate and thinks that Claire just left the villa. Otherwise he'd look for her right when he enters the house. He goes to the bar and asks if someone saw the young woman, etc. One guy says that he saw her in the morning. But who opened the gate AFTER Oldman came in? If someone opened it for a purpose, wouldn't is be a red flag for such a smart guy? Little things make story, small mistakes like this kill the story. I liked the movie though. I also was sure that Billy was involved but don't understand when and why I realized that. Any suggestions?
I enjoyed this movie, the script it's solid and the natural evolution of facts seems very well narrated. I have to say that I understood how can maybe end the movie just 10 minutes before the end. Geoffrey Rush was superb in his character, very well interpreted and probably one of his best performance. Tornatore was very able to built a nice story were everything seems to happen very fluidly. The movie itself is very pleasant and all the evolution of the character was very believable. I appreciated also that Tornatore doesn't speak about south Italy and Sicily (quite common in his movie and I have to say a little bit tedious and annoying at this point of his career) but placed this story somewhere in Italy without giving too much importance to the place itself. The cast works well if you consider that the movie is based on four main characters.