The Monuments Men

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

George Clooney

Producer:

Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Barbara A. Hall

Writer:

George Clooney, Grant Heslov

Release Date:

Feb 7, 2014

Runtime:

1hr 58m

Synopsis

An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.

Cast

  • George Clooney
  • Matt Damon
  • Bill Murray
  • John Goodman
  • Jean Dujardin
  • Bob Balaban
  • Hugh Bonneville
  • Dimitri Leonidas
  • Cate Blanchett
  • Justus von Dohnányi

Letterboxd User Reviews

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RATINGS 122 FANS
2.9
  • Feb 18, 2014

    WARNING Can cause spontaneous Alzheimer's disease. Did I.......did I watch this? Weren't the guys in it talented at some point in their careers? What was I doing? Where......Where am I? Am I bored? I think I am. But why? Didn't I watch a film just now?…

    784 Likes
    DirkH
    DirkH
    Feb 16, 2014

    The Monuments Men is like a high school history class. The source material might be interesting, but it's presented in such a way that you just really don't care about it.

    737 Likes
    Evan
    Evan
    May 9, 2014

    There's something that disgusts me about this movie's position on "art". The story is about a group of art experts in various fields tasked with saving precious or historical pieces of art from the Nazis, and I can understand and sympathize with its basic message: "they…

    370 Likes
    ScreeningNotes
    ScreeningNotes
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    Jun 16, 2024

    a fairy dies everytime a film has an interesting premise but poor execution

    317 Likes
    júlia
    júlia
    Oct 25, 2021

    a dads movie. or a dadsdads movie probably. or something in between. as inoffensive as it gets, one could argue. but then again it's maximum offensive and doesn't even know about it. it's a heist movie with an emphasis on the petty-minded commonplace "art is so…

    179 Likes
    shookone
    shookone
    Mar 6, 2014

    Performances : 6.2/10 Story : 1/10 Production : 3/10 Overall : 3.4/10 The Monuments Men was doomed the day it got pushed out of Oscar season. Obviously there was something wrong, even if George Clooney said he really liked the delay so that he could spend time working…

    161 Likes
    Thomas McCallum
    Thomas McCallum
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    Dec 5, 2023

    “I seem to have stepped on a landmine of some sort” “Why’d you do something like that” “It was a slow day” This movie has its moments but overall is just fine. However, with it having a more unique look at world war 2 + one of the most stacked casts I’ve ever seen I was…

    164 Likes
    Brennan
    Brennan
    Feb 3, 2014

    First Impression: Seems to think its job was done after casting was completed. Final review: http://www.larsenonfilm.com/the-monuments-men

    132 Likes
    Josh Larsen
    Josh Larsen
    May 5, 2016

    A war film without swear words, sleepy mid-semester 8 a.m. art history class. Modest, yet unengaging in every way. Terribly generic music, very tempted to 2x through its 2-hour runtime.

    122 Likes
    YI JIAN
    YI JIAN
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Metacritic

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Based on 43 Critics
5.4

USER SCORE (245)

Mixed or average reviews based on 245 Reviews
40
Feb 7, 2014

There's lots of information, some nice images, plenty of earnest sermonizing about culture and almost no suspense, or tension, or character development, or structure. Or, well, art.

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Metacritic review by Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR
70
Feb 4, 2014

The Monuments Men fails in its grand ambitions, but it's still satisfying in bits and pieces, like a busted statue. Even a tribute made of shining fragments counts for something.

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Metacritic review by Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Village Voice
30
Jan 29, 2014

Clooney has transformed a fascinating true-life tale into an exceedingly dull and dreary caper pic cum art-appreciation seminar — a museum-piece movie about museum people.

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Metacritic review by Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
Variety
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is The Monuments Men (2014) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as PG-13, meaning that some material may be considered inappropriate for children under 13.
How long is The Monuments Men (2014)?
The movie is 1hr 58min long.
What's The Monuments Men (2014) about?
An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.
Who's the cast of The Monuments Men (2014)?
  • George Clooney as Frank Stokes
  • Matt Damon as James Granger
  • Bill Murray as Richard Campbell
  • John Goodman as Walter Garfield
  • Jean Dujardin as Jean Claude Clermont
  • Bob Balaban as Preston Savitz
  • Hugh Bonneville as Donald Jeffries
  • Dimitri Leonidas as Sam Epstein
  • Cate Blanchett as Claire Simone
  • Justus von Dohnányi as Viktor Stahl
Who's the director behind The Monuments Men (2014)?
George Clooney directed The Monuments Men (2014).
Who produced The Monuments Men (2014)?
Grant Heslov, George Clooney and Barbara A. Hall produced The Monuments Men (2014).