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The Best Offer
in the world of high-end art auctions and antiques. an extremely reclusive heiress who collects fine art and he becomes obsessed with her.
1 March 1978, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
14 August 1934, Nîmes, Gard, France
1955, Kanagawa, Japan
24 February 1933, Hertfordshire, England, UK
18 June 1948, Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
18 June 1971, Torino, Italy
6 January 1983, Landshut, Bavaria, Germany
March 31, 2014
Part of a forger's craft involves not simply duplicating the images but replicating the strokes to be found in the original. Tornatore's film makes deft use of cinematic cliché to lead viewers astray.January 14, 2014
When all is revealed in "The Best Offer," the appropriate reaction is that of a frustrated auctioneer: "That's it? That's all you've got?"January 09, 2014
The film has several smart twists and surprises up its well-tailored sleeve.January 08, 2014
A sleek art-world caper.July 27, 2014
Tornatore lays on the symbolism a bit thickly, and the film's mix of accents offers a distinct whiff of Europudding. You will probably even see some of the twists coming. Yet the film is still terrifically compelling.January 08, 2014
The clues and themes laid out early on in The Best Offer, which evolve into heavy handedness in their own right, also lay unencumbered paths for obvious twists to come in this limp arthouse thriller.January 24, 2014
"The Best Offer" is at its best when it's decidedly weird.February 03, 2014
In The Best Offer, director/writer Giuseppe Tornatore feasts at the Hitchcock table.January 09, 2014
If its destination is patently obvious from the outset, the journey does at least offer scattered pleasures.January 23, 2014
An uneven but weirdly mesmerizing drama/thriller, Giuseppe Tornatore's "The Best Offer" offers an acting showcase to Geoffrey Rush.January 30, 2014
The movie's an eyeful, though, thanks to the intricate production design and many artworks on display; it's also an earful, thanks to Ennio Morricone's fittingly lush score.January 17, 2014
Italian writer-director Giuseppe Tornatore... designs beautiful sets around Virgil, who holds the screen in nearly every shot.