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The Goldfinch

  • 20192019
  • RR
  • 2h 29m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
23K
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POPULARITY
1,068
215
Oakes Fegley in The Goldfinch (2019)
A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy Upper East Side family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that ev... Read allA boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
23K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,068
215
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    • Director
      • John Crowley
    • Writers
      • Peter Straughan(screenplay by)
      • Donna Tartt(based on the novel by)
    • Stars
      • Oakes Fegley
      • Ansel Elgort
      • Nicole Kidman
    Top credits
    • Director
      • John Crowley
    • Writers
      • Peter Straughan(screenplay by)
      • Donna Tartt(based on the novel by)
    • Stars
      • Oakes Fegley
      • Ansel Elgort
      • Nicole Kidman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 317User reviews
    • 147Critic reviews
    • 40Metascore
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Ansel Elgort in The Goldfinch (2019)
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    Willa Fitzgerald at an event for The Goldfinch (2019)

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    Oakes Fegley
    Oakes Fegley
    • Young Theo Decker
    Ansel Elgort
    Ansel Elgort
    • Adult Theo Decker
    Nicole Kidman
    Nicole Kidman
    • Mrs. Barbour
    Jeffrey Wright
    Jeffrey Wright
    • Hobie
    Luke Wilson
    Luke Wilson
    • Larry
    Sarah Paulson
    Sarah Paulson
    • Xandra
    Willa Fitzgerald
    Willa Fitzgerald
    • Adult Kitsey Barbour
    Aneurin Barnard
    Aneurin Barnard
    • Adult Boris
    Finn Wolfhard
    Finn Wolfhard
    • Young Boris
    Ashleigh Cummings
    Ashleigh Cummings
    • Adult Pippa
    Aimee Laurence
    Aimee Laurence
    • Young Pippa
    • (as Aimée Lawrence)
    Robert Joy
    Robert Joy
    • Welty
    Boyd Gaines
    Boyd Gaines
    • Mr. Barbour
    Carly Connors
    Carly Connors
    • Young Kitsey Barbour
    Luke Kleintank
    Luke Kleintank
    • Adult Platt Barbour
    Hailey Wist
    Hailey Wist
    • Theo's Mother
    Ryan Foust
    Ryan Foust
    • Young Andy Barbour
    Jack DiFalco
    Jack DiFalco
    • Young Platt Barbour
    • Director
      • John Crowley
    • Writers
      • Peter Straughan(screenplay by)
      • Donna Tartt(based on the novel by)
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    • Trivia
      The painting featured in the novel, The Goldfinch, is work by Carel Fabritius from 1654. It belongs to the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands. Author Donna Tartt first saw the painting 20 years before the release of the book.
    • Goofs
      It is not possible for a dead person to stay in a sitting position on the floor as all muscles lose their tone or power: the back muscles cease to support the spine and chest.
    • Quotes

      Adult Theo Decker: I wear bespoke suits. I swim twice a week. I socialize with people I can't stand. I'm relaxed, personable. I don't indulge in self pity. It's true what I read, "We're so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end we become disguised to ourselves."

    • Crazy credits
      Credits are unfolding over travelling zoomed images of the painting "The Goldfinch".
    • Connections
      Featured in CTV News at 11:30 Toronto: Episode dated 8 September 2019 (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73, II. Adagio un poco mosso
      Written by Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performed by Glenn Gould with Leopold Stokowski and the American Symphony Orchestra

      Courtesy of Sony Classical

      By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

    User reviews317

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    Top review
    6/10
    The Goldfinch (2019)
    When Brooklyn came out in 2015, I was mesmerized by the sheer beauty of the picture visually, the story, and the all around fantastic performance by Saoirse Ronan. It was a great effort by John Crowley. So when I heard of The Goldfinch I had high expectations seeing as Crowley set the bar high with his last film. I didn't really care for the trailers though I knew it was based on a well acclaimed book. What can I say, this film is overlong, has a messy narrative, and most definitely has to be losing the meaning and importance of the book because this film is not remarkable.

    The film is about a boy who loses his mom in a terrorist attack and then grows up in a foster home and then with his drunken and abusive biological father, followed by a friendly antique owner. The film goes through the protagonists struggle with identity, love, and the fact that he took a really expensive Goldfinch painting the day of the bombing, and this last fact comes back in to factor in different stages of his life. Even describing the plot just now was messy for me.

    The film looks quite nice. Crowley's works look grand and intricate but that doesn't really cross the finish line. The main issue with this film is that it has no heart and loses what I assume is a lot of the books importance. Its a meandering tale that doesn't go deep enough and I felt like the last twenty minutes or so were just bad. The relevance of The Goldfinch is just lost on me and its just a moving plot device in a film that doesn't know what it wants to do.

    I don't like to say it but The Goldfinch is masking around as Oscar bait but doesn't have a whole lot of quality. I didn't read Brooklyn either but the film feels magical and captures the era and aura of early 1900s Irish Brooklyn. This just feels like it sucks the main ideas of its basis and pastes it onto the screen. At a whopping 2 and a half hours, this film feels its length. Ambitious? Yes, but most certainly better left alone.

    6/10
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    • Sep 16, 2019

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    • Release date
      • September 13, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Ukrainian
      • German
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Chim Vàng Oanh
    • Filming locations
      • Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies
      • Amazon Studios
      • Color Force
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $45,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,332,621
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,679,027
      • Sep 15, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,932,621
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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