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Slightly disappointed with this movie even thou it shows wonderful masterpieces of painted artwork...

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A 2004 movie with Scarlett Johansson and Collin Firth about a Johannes Vermeer a Dutch painter.

It is a beautifully made movie. It's based on the painting, Girl with a Pearl Earring, done by Dutch painter Vemeer. He was a very gifted artist, and the movie was based on his most famous work. Scarlett Johanssen really captured the character and gave her depth that went beyond what she said and does in the movie. When you see her in the movie, you truly believe she is the maid she plays. The movie visually is incredible. It shows the different sides of the city and the different things the different classes experienced, all without over-explanation or over-telling it. The dirtiness of the city that the lower classes experienced is shown but not stressed. In some scenes, you see Greete's hands are red and raw, showing exactly how hard she had to work, all while the 'master and mistress' sit around and watch, all without lifting a finger. The opposites cannot be better told than through the two women, Greete and the 'mistress' of the house (Vermeer's wife). While the mistress is sitting around, playing with her hair, barking orders, and treating Greete like she was a pebble in her shoe. Greete however, showed Vermeer she cared and that she was interested in his craft, something his wife never bothered to do. In one scene, Greete asks the mistress if she may clean the windows in the studio, and after the mistress gets exasperated and says condescendingly "You don't have to ask about such things," Greete says, "but, it may change the light". The mistress suddenly understands, and instead of comprehending what it might do to the light in the studio, she says in a spiteful way, "clean them." This one scene shows the beginning of the hatred between these two women. This is a fantastic movie for anyone who has any interest in art whatsoever. Also, anyone who enjoys a good story and visually expressive drama will really like this movie. A must-have for any movie collection to be complete.