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It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

When the two principal characters are shown looking into the camera obscura, the image is shown right side up, exactly like the real scene in front of them. The image inside the box should be upside down, since a camera obscura's lens in the real world would produce this effect. I assume that the director deliberately chose to show this incorrectly in order to demonstrate the light (and image) entering the box in a way that the audience could understand. Still, it was a glaring error.

This is phenomenal movie about art and artistic inspiration. It is an unusual view of one of the most iconic paintings ever made.The story is fantastic, and the movie shows the realism of life in that era very well. The grade 8 is very high in my world, and the only reason it is not 9 is further lack of realism (given it is historic movie).The acting in the movie is stunning, and dare I say - the model for the painting in the movie is actually prettier than the original painting itself.NOTE: Watch this only if you can get it in very high quality. BluRay or higher. The reason for that is fantastic lighting. Entine movie was recorded as if Vermeer painted it.

Vermeer is one of the most famous names in Flemish painting, and "Girl with Pearl Earring" is one of his most famous works. The whole film revolves around this painting and its model, developing a fictional story (based on a novel) in which the painter creates a sentimental connection with the model, without the film itself being clear about the nature of this relationship. We never realize if they are lovers or if they just create a friendship based on common interests. And this deliberate doubt is one of the elements that holds the public until the end of the film, despite being very stopped and having a rhythm that can leave some people bored.The construction of the characters deserves a positive mention. The film allows us to understand the character and personality of almost everyone. Griet, the maid/model, is a poor young woman who needs that job to survive, and for whom beauty can really be a drag. However, this is not the reason why she is shy and withdrawn to the point of keeping her blond hair always hidden. This is a result of time and place: Dutch morality was rather austere and puritanical, thanks to the Protestant mentality. This can also be seen in the contained attitude of Vermeer. He is a discreet and hard-working man, who literally lives on the art and needs it to pay his bills, which sometimes leaves his family's financial situation in some trouble. For him, the support of rich patrons was essential, and the film clearly shows it.The film is also interesting in technical issues, particularly in the scenarios and the way they recreated the time and place. We can, in several moments, see how important art was to build this environment. A lot of details in the scenery are clearly inspired or copied from Flemish paintings. But the art direction goes one step further, by embedding in the film the recreation of a series of famous paintings of this time. For example, there is a moment where the kitchens of the painter's house are shown and, for a brief moment, the image of the painting "The Milkmaid" is recreated.This is a worth watching movie.

First, this is a chick flick. There is very little action; it's all about a girl's feelings; it takes an incredibly long time for the plot to develop; and finally, only a chick flick would devote major time to a girl getting her ears pierced (a metaphor for sex, but still boring). After one hour into the movie, we finally find out that a fat, rich guy has commissioned Vermeer to paint Griet (Scarlet's character), while also expecting to have sex with her. That would make her one heck of an expensive whore, but (get ready for it) the "twist" is that she's just a conservative servant girl. Yes, believe it or not, that's what the whole movie is about! Also, it's about the pearl earrings changing hands. Exciting stuff, huh?The main problem lies with Scarlet's acting. Sometimes her eyes are shifting all over the place (mostly up and down), and at other times she stares. I feel like she should have been portrayed as a strict Calvinist. However, we aren't given enough background information to know for sure how puritanical her morals are, plus she sometimes stares right into Vermeer's eyes, which is not what a highly religious girl would do. So sometimes she seems to be "asking for it" (I don't mean asking to be raped so please don't go there), and other times she pulls away from him as if in terror. So the character is very inconsistent and not well developed, despite all the screen time devoted to her.I know that girls, especially teenage girls, can be rather weird, inconsistent, and hard to read. Even so this character portrayal seems phony and hard to watch due to all the eye movements and staring; dumbly hanging her mouth open; at other times opening and closing her mouth like a fish; staring at a mistress or master somewhat brazenly before bowing her head in a supposed gesture of respect; going around in silence most of the time but at other times speaking boldly; etc. It's all too freaky and weird for me.Scarlet's mouth and face are beautiful, but to those who say one reason they watch the movie is just to see her mouth and face, I say go buy a poster of her instead of wasting almost two hours on this. In fact, a quick google tells me there are some nude photos of her floating around, but I probably shouldn't go there.Other potential faults of this movie: Vermeer, though he is already a famous painter and the breadwinner of the household, is depicted as henpecked and allowing the mother-in-law to dominate the household.Even though Vermeer's wife hears lots of rumors that Vermeer is painting Griet (the rumors are all over town and throughout the house), she doesn't go check on him while he is painting and catch him in the atrocious act of having Griet model fully clothed for his painting. Quelle horreur!The worst thing is that this fictional movie is unfair to the real Johannes Vermeer, and to his family and descendants.