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By Jeff Strickler (221) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 15 Jan 2004

We're left wishing for more insight into the people and less into the process…

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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (910) on 15 Jan 2004

It's a striking experience of light, color and composition. But it's also somewhat stifling…

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By Susan Hodgetts (1) for BBC.com (1,500) on 13 Jan 2004

This film doesn't just appeal to budding Vermeers but anyone who likes serious, intelligent drama and gentle erotic tension…

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By Boo Allen (301) for Denton Record-Chronicle (383) on 11 Jan 2004

Although sometimes dramatically slight, Girl with Pearl stands out for its beauty. If nothing else…

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By Joe Baltake (424) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 09 Jan 2004

[Johansson's] memorable turn here represents a wonderful commingling of the right looks with the right acting decisions…

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By Philip Wuntch (283) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 08 Jan 2004

Like the painting itself and the young woman who inspired it, Girl With a Pearl Earring is a quiet jewel…

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By Nick Davis (360) for Nick's Flick Picks (358) on 05 Jan 2004

Girl…

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By Elias Savada (386) for Nitrate Online (381) on 04 Jan 2004

a sight for sore eyes, but there's something missing here that would make the film a truly mesmerizing piece. A good story…

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By Stephen Himes (148) for Film Snobs (370) on 02 Jan 2004

Scarlett Johansson deserves the Oscar simply because she's in this movie and not Mona Lisa Smile…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for Long Island Press (211) on 31 Dec 2003

Every glance and gesture is an extraordinary vision bathed in lingering and hypnotic beauty…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 28 Dec 2003

Director Peter Webber... creates such a sustained moment of such beauty and silence that you may forget to breathe…

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By Rob Blackwelder (857) for SPLICEDWire (872) on 28 Dec 2003

There are several moments in the picture so evocative, so stunning that they literally make you hold your breath…

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By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 26 Dec 2003

The movie offers tantalizing glimpses of the leaded glass windows, rich mosaic fabrics and cobbled streets immortalized in his work…

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By Mary F. Pols (536) for Contra Costa Times (478) on 26 Dec 2003

Girl With a Pearl Earring is as beautiful to look at as a Vermeer painting. Unfortunately, it's also pretentious swill…

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By Joblo (608) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 26 Dec 2003

she successfully conveyed much of her emotion through her eyes, posture and full lips…

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By Glenn Lovell (434) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 26 Dec 2003

This is one of those fit-for-framing productions that screams, 'Look at me! Look at me! Don't bother with what's beneath the surface…

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By Cherryl Dawson And Leigh Ann Palone (956) for TheMovieChicks.com (956) on 19 Dec 2003

A lesson in interesting cinematography, but not in great movie-making - the characters are like still-life figures with no soul…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for Netflix (481) on 18 Dec 2003

Servant girl Scarlett Johansson discovers the privileges and perils of being painter Vermeer's muse in a tense, thoughtful masterwork…

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By Andrew Sarris (502) for New York Observer (1,400) on 18 Dec 2003

Seems to have been made to appeal to viewers who believe that a prestigious painting is infinitely more important than a mere movie that celebrates…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 16 Dec 2003

Pretty much the whole movie is a series of poses, static and uninvolving, except for cinematographer Eduardo Serra's lighting, which makes…

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