Review: Clooney and Company Hunt for Treasures in ‘Monuments Men’

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Manhla Dargis

Chaplain Samuel Blinder examines Saphor Torahs (Sacred Scrolls) stolen 
from across Europe. Over 1,000 Torahs were rescued by the Monuments Men.

HOLLYWOOD---Written by Mr. Clooney and his producing partner, Grant Heslov, “The Monuments Men” slices off a sliver of a great World War II story and turns it into a lightweight entertainment that doesn’t ask you to think too hard. The story’s real-life heroes were a group of curators, restorers, archivists and the like who served in the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section, an Allied effort to protect Europe’s cultural heritage. It can be nice to spend time with these actors even when you don’t believe their characters for a single second, and there’s no denying this movie’s easy pleasures, including the guaranteed satisfaction that comes in watching, yet again, the Nazis go down in defeat. [link]

A&O Movie Night: Saturday, February 8 at 7:00 p.m.; Landmark’s Glendale 12 Theaters, 6102 North Rural Street Indianapolis, IN