The Goldfinch
The 13-year-old Theodore Decker (Oakes
Fegley) escapes a terrorist attack, which
nonetheless claims his mother (Hailey Wist)’s
life, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York. While there, he steals a Dutch
painting called The Goldfinch, a move with
disturbing repercussions.
FIVE FACTS:
- Ansel Elgort plays Theodore – “Theo” –
as a young man, while Nicole Kidman is
Samantha Barbour, the wealthy socialite
mother who takes in the orphaned Theo. - This film is an adaptation of Donna
Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2013 novel
The Goldfinch. - The real-life painting called The Goldfinch
is by the Dutch Golden Age artist Carel
Fabritius and dated 1654, the year of
his death. - The painting is actually held by the
Mauritshuis art museum in the Netherlands
city of The Hague, but temporarily exhibited
in New York in both the film and the book. - Filming was split between New York City
and Albuquerque.
by Jeff Wadlow
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019
Price: $19.9949 RatingsRotten Tomatoes
24 %