The Movie `Girl with a Pearl Earring`

A Movie Review : Girl with a Pearl Earring

The movie is Peter Webber 's adaptation of a novel by Tracy Chevalier about the brilliant artist , Johannes Vermeer

Girl with a Pearl Earring is wonderfully crafted and captivating . Much credit should go to the production people behind it , as they successfully made each scene look like a painting . That way , they are being faithful not just to the book where the movie came from , but to the brilliant artist who once lived in the person of Johannes Vermeer The movie in general was

an impressive work of art and a fitting tribute to a remarkable artist

What I like the most about the movie is their choice of music , which is just appropriate for the 17th century Delft . It is also noteworthy that they had a girl in the cast , Grit (Scarlett Johansson , who was made to really look like Vermeer 's painting , as if destiny (and perhaps good cosmetics ) had made it happen

The movie effectively shows Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth 's character as a generally silent man . He spent a lot of time just standing silently and studying his environment from different unnoticeable corners . This is perhaps symbolic of his innate traits as a man

In spite of his nature , Vermeer was coerced to attend grand gatherings for the purpose of his art recognition . However , he needed much solitude if he could only decide for himself . Except there was not a lot of choices for him . After all , he needed the pompous gatherings demanded by the elite Venetian society to earn a living for his family and himself It is interesting to note that when he died in 1675 , he already had eleven (11 ) children

Come 1665 , Johannes Vermeer painted a mysterious masterpiece , a painting of an unidentified model who obviously posed for him . In the past , there had been a few guesses and detailed theories that settled on believing that the painting was that of one of Vermeer 's daughters . Nothing has been confirmed , though . This is where the movie spins with much interesting twists

Then Griet (Scarlett Johansson ) was introduced

Grit was lovely and attractive , and it shouldn 't be hard to imagine why an artist that is naturally drawn to beauty would be interested in her

Griet , like Vermeer , is one who is no stranger to solitude . But unlike the solitude of Vermeer , Griet 's solitude has a lot to do with her unfortunate status in the discriminating Delft caste system

Vermeer and Griet formed a bond , which culminated in his creating a painting of her . The scene where he shows her his work of art was moving . Both actors were very convincing and the lines they said were sensitive for the human mind

When Griet tells Vermeer 'You 've seen into me ' the connection was more than exposed . It was celebrated

The film , overall , is remarkable and definitely worth watching . Some scenes -- like when Vermeer was teaching Griet the trick of playing with the...