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The Best Offer (2013)The Best Offer (2013)

The Best Offer (2013)

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance

7.6

movie

Italy
English
No-brainer
2013
Giuseppe Tornatore
Amanda Walker, Brigitte Christensen, Dermot Crowley
131 min

Synopsis

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Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.

Our Take

7.6
Christina Hale

A riveting take on one of the most prestigious forms of modern art, The Best Offer is a film laced with symbolism and thick, posh accents. Virgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush) ends up pursuing a socially inept woman through Robert (Jim Sturgess), who guides him in winning her heart, albeit, rather unconventionally. What starts out as something Oldman brushes off to be some poor laid-out scam ends up a mystery he begins obsessing over, turning his life to shambles of sorts.

This uncanny film by Academy Award-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore delivers sharp twists and appropriately-timed surprises in a suspense-thriller served on a silver platter.

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Guest

Had trouble finding it. Eventually found it with the title ‘Deception’.

B
Brontë Young

A fantastic pyschological thriller, Geoffrey Rush is one of the finest actors of our time!

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