Girl with a Pearl Earring

 

Girl with a Pearl Earring 2003 

·        Director: Peter Webber

·        Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Cillian Murphy

·        Why?  The cast. The art.

·        Seen: Once before. Now 15 December 2025

 

1665. Holland. The artist Vermeer (Firth). A maid in his household Griet (Johansson). A painting ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’. Complicated love stories.

The attention to detail is admirable, but also boring. As are the intrigues and nastinesses.

Johansson is good but it might be Firth’s weakest role. 

2 ½ * of 5