Woman in Gold Film Review

Finished watching Woman in Gold directed by Simon Curtis and staring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds. The film opens up with Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren) at the funeral of her sister where she speaks to a close friend about some letters she found and wants some legal advice as they reveal previous attempts of trying to get back the Woman in Gold art work as it was taken by the Nazis when they occupied Austria. This is where Randal Schoenberg (Ryan Reynolds) a down on his luck lawyer is introduced as he takes Maria's case of retrieving the Woman in Gold from Austria. After failing to make any headway in Austria Maria and Randal return to Los Angeles as Randal works overtime on the case until he finds a new way to tackle the case thanks to a published book he finds on sale allowing the case to be brought to an American court which could work in their favour. The case is then taken back to Austria in front of the Austrian art restoration who give the final verdict on the case. Overall this was an alright film there was some great interactions between Helen Mirren's and Ryan Reynolds' characters. The film also dives in to Maria's history showing what happened during her last days in Austria before fleeing to America in the 1930's giving a nice background to Maria which allows for an insight to her reactions of coming back to Austria. 7/10.