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Look closely at Johansson...an immaculate period performance. [15 December 2003, p. 119]
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What distinguishes Girl With a Pearl Earring is its combination of refined filmmaking and Johansson's exquisitely understated acting. It partakes of Vermeer's spirit and style, and that makes it one of the year's best movies.
100
A rich gem expertly told in a surprisingly scant 95 minutes.
100
A quiet movie, shaken from time to time by ripples of emotional turbulence far beneath the surface.
90
This is an art film in spades.
90
An intelligent, visually ravishing adaptation of Tracy Chevalier's best-selling novel.
90
If the scope of the film feels small, Girl With a Pearl Earring fills that scope to bursting with subtle glory. It takes things as far as they can -- and should -- go.
83
The actress (Scarlett Johansson) gives a nearly silent performance, yet the interplay on her face of fear, ignorance, curiosity, and sex is intensely dramatic.
83
Johansson, fittingly, is the focus. In her face, as in the faces of Vermeer's handful of captivating subjects, the viewer intuits whole stories and worlds.
80
Webber displays a great sense of understatement and a keen eye for careful framing, with cinematographer Eduardo Serra beautifully re-creating Vermeer's signature play of shadow and light.
