Girl with a Pearl Earring PG-13

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DVD Details

  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 35 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: May 4, 2004
  • Originally Released: 2003
  • Label: Lions Gate

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User Ratings: 62,689
It's a measure of the mesmerizing power of GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING and the flawless performances of Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson that audiences feel as if they are spying on a moment of artistic inspiration when painter Vermeer creates the title work.
USA Today
Dec 12, 2003
...Stunning to watch. With compositions awash in the dark, burnished colors and striking plays of light and shadow that characterize Vermeer's work...
Movieline's Hollywood Life
Dec 1, 2003
Rating: 2/4 -- An entertaining but inauthentic adaptation, a production which reads more like a Hollywood teensploit than a historical epic from Holland. Full Review
Princeton Town Topics
Apr 25, 2007
Rating: 3/5 -- Older teens and adults will enjoy. Book is better. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Dec 24, 2010
[T]he main fun is watching Tom Wilkinson's quick-eyed wickedness as the patron, Pieter van Ruijven.
Wall Street Journal
Jan 30, 2014
Rating: 2.5/5 -- The movie benefits greatly from Johansson's gift for understated delivery, but she's less assured in this demure, largely non-verbal role than she was as a modern young woman in Ghost World and Lost in Translation. Full Review
Paste Magazine
Jun 4, 2008
A visually stunning masterpiece with the beauty and elegance of a single perfect pearl. Full Review
Behind The Lens
Nov 7, 2019

Product Description:

Set in 17th-century Holland, GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING follows the life of Griet (Scarlett Johansson), a young woman who must work as a maid to help her family make ends meet. Seeking employment at the home of renowned painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth), Griet finds most of the household, including Vermeer's ever-pregnant wife (Essie Davis) and stern mother-in-law (Judy Parfitt), to be difficult and even hostile. However, she does form a unique bond with Vermeer himself, but this connection threatens to cause grief for both Griet and Vermeer. Complicating matters even further is attention from both Vermeer's wealthy patron Van Ruijven (Tom Wilkinson) and the charming local butcher's son (Cillian Murphy).

Adapted from the book by Tracy Chevalier and helmed by first-time director Peter Webber, GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING creates a back story for Vermeer's famous painting of the same name. Johansson is excellent in her quiet, understated role, while Firth is suitably moody and enigmatic. However, the visuals are the true highlights of this remarkably photographed movie; Webber and, most notably, cinematographer Eduardo Serra establish a beautifully historic look and film every scene as if it were a series of gorgeous paintings in the style of that era. As a portrait of the life behind a portrait, GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING is an intriguing study of both art and desire.

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