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The Monuments Men

Name: The Monuments Men
Director: George Clooney
Genre: War, Drama, History
Released: 2014-01-24
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Cate Blanchett

2014 · 1h 58m · War, Drama, History

IMDb 6.1 Metacritic 52 RT 30%

Skip it. Despite its charming premise and stellar cast, The Monuments Men stumbles where it counts—the critics aren't wrong at 30% on Rotten Tomatoes. It's a well-intentioned heist movie that plays it too safe and lands somewhere between Oscar bait and crowd-pleaser, satisfying neither.

Plot

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?

Director: George Clooney

Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Cate Blanchett

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