With his mother dead and his father MIA, young Theo becomes a part of two worlds—that of an upper-class family that takes him in, led by a matriarch played by Nicole Kidman, and the antiques shop run by Hobie. Seeking to buy drugs at a bar, Theo is reunited with Boris, who apologizes for stealing The Goldfinch years ago, using it to finance his life of crime before it was then stolen from him. The costumes, the lavish interiors, even the score by Trevor Gureckis—it’s all designed to give the impression of a high-class, serious drama—sometimes called “prestige,” or, less kindly “awards bait.” And Crowley knows how to frame a shot—he certainly proved that in the excellent “Brooklyn.” But the desperate grandiosity of “The Goldfinch” eventually makes it sterile, draining the story of its humanity, and the audience's potential to have empathy for the characters' traumas. He’s a black hole at the center of this movie, someone who merely reacts to what is around him, and while Fegley is solid as the child version, poor Ansel Elgort completely loses his way as the older version. Theo reconnects with Andy and becomes close to Mrs. Barbour, who encourages his interest in antiques and art. … Confused in the rubble of the tragedy, he steals a priceless piece of art known as The Goldfinch. [32] However, after making just $870,000 on its first day, estimates were lowered to below $3 million. Parents Guide. Theo awoke and took the painting, something that had survived for centuries, handed down over generations, but now looks like it could get lost in the grief spiral that Theo is about to enter over the next two decades of his life. Scott, writing for the New York Times, said the film "looks and sounds like a movie without quite being one. Pippa visits Theo and they confess their feelings for each other, but she tearfully rejects him, citing the instability caused by their shared childhood trauma. [29] It was theatrically released in the United States on September 13, 2019, after previously being set for October 11. Theo (Oakes Fegley) was there with his mother when a terrorist attack happened, killing her and others, and leaving rubble. [15][16] During the same month, Kelley Dixon from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul was enlisted to be the film's editor. [11] Later that month, in light of his recent performance in Dunkirk, Aneurin Barnard was cast as Boris. Although the poor dialogue and incredibly awkward handling of some of the action in the final act can’t really be blamed on hm. The film stars Ansel Elgort as Theodore Decker, whose life changes after his mother dies in a terrorist bombing at a museum and a dying man convinces him to take a famous painting called The Goldfinch from the museum. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, with estimated losses for the studio as high as $50 million. He is also a writer for Vulture, The Playlist, The New York Times, and Rolling Stone, and the President of the Chicago Film Critics Association. A boy, Theo, is noticeably shaken and being held by the police. [17][better source needed] In January 2018, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Wilson, Finn Wolfhard, and Luke Kleintank joined the cast. The Goldfinch is a 2019 American drama film directed by John Crowley, written by Peter Straughan, and adapted from the 2013 novel of the same name by Donna Tartt. [6], In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Hustlers and was originally projected to gross $5–8 million from 2,542 theaters in its opening weekend. [35], On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 24% based on 216 reviews, with an average rating of 4.49/10. The Goldfinch premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and was theatrically released in the United States on September 13, 2019, by Warner Bros. Pictures. They aren’t original antiques, and Hobie warns him not to sell them as such. Theo becomes engaged to Andy's younger sister Kitsey, but harbors a secret love for Pippa, who now lives in London. There’s an egotism in Hollywood that often leads people to assume that anything—a TV show, a play, certainly a Pulitzer Prize-winning book—can be made into a feature film. Overall, most of the performances are lacking—Kidman is wasted to an upsetting degree—with the possible exception of Wright, one of the few cast members who seems to be playing character more than plot. At Theo's and Kitsey's engagement party, Boris arrives with a plan to recover The Goldfinch. Instead of facing the music and the principal, his mother takes him to an art museum instead. Filming began in New York City in January 2018 and moved to Albuquerque in April 2018 for the rest of the production. The site's critical consensus reads, "Beautifully filmed yet mostly inert, The Goldfinch mishandles its source material, flattening a complex narrative into a largely uninvolving disappointment. "[36] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 40 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews. Deep in gambling debt, Larry fails to extort Theo's education fund, and is killed in a drunk driving accident. There’s a subplot in which Theo learns about cobbling together broken antiques to make them look new again. Oakes Fegley, Aneurin Barnard, Finn Wolfhard, Sarah Paulson, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, and Nicole Kidman appear in supporting roles. Both the novel and the movie begin in Amsterdam, with Theo Decker as an adult (played by Ansel Elgort) in the middle of a mysterious crisis, before jumping back in time to the day his mother died… He runs into Andy's older brother Platt, who reveals that Andy and their father were killed in a boating accident during one of Mr. Barbour’s bipolar episodes. [5][33] Following its poor opening, many publications had already labeled the film a box-office bomb and estimated it would lose as much as $50 million ($25–30 million for Warner Bros. and $16–18 million for Amazon Studios). It's more like a Pinterest page or a piece of fan art, the record of an enthusiasm that is, to the outside observer, indistinguishable from confusion. The family is somewhat dysfunctional, especially visible in incidents involving the strong-willed father and the impudent oldest son, Platt. Eight years later, Theo has made Hobie’s shop successful, selling his restored antiques. Theo accompanies him to Amsterdam, where Boris seizes the painting at gunpoint, but they are ambushed by another pair of criminals. At his storage locker, Theo discovers Boris had replaced the painting with a school textbook. Theo goes home with the mother. However, Theo's estranged father Larry, claiming to be newly sober, arrives with his girlfriend Xandra to relocate Theo to Las Vegas; Theo brings The Goldfinch, keeping it hidden. [5], A.O. "[5] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called it "a botch job for the ages" and said it "appears to be adapting the Cliff’s Notes version of the book instead of the book itself, producing an unplayable series of scene snippets". #fly", "Jeffrey Wright to Play Hobie in 'The Goldfinch' Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)", "Luke Wilson Joins Ansel Elgort in 'The Goldfinch' (Exclusive)", "Filming is Underway on Warner Bros. 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