publisher-695-461880 I absolutely love the movie! I have watched it 3 times, every time finding new layers and 'truths', each time seeing the characters from a different angle. For me, this is the movie how it should be - a piece of art that can be admired over and over again. Also, in my opinion, this movie is not about Virgil Oldman (The Auction House Director) but about the mystery of women and love, and one woman in a particular -Claire Ibbetson. This character epitomises in the story all women at once, their mystery (to the Oldman), their beauty, their magic powers, and of course the power of love even though a forged one. There are three major themes in the movie 1)forgeries: any forgeries from art to life ones; 2) offers: the ones we get in life from others; and 3) truths: the inner ones that we hide and the truths we want to find in the world or the ones that are presented to us by others. Virgil Oldman - forges his opinions on art in order to obtain beautiful portraits of women and together with them love. He offers very little for these masterpieces but the real truth is that in the end he pays a very high price for all of them and all at once. Claire Ibbetson - forges a woman in love in order to teach Oldman a lesson and maybe benefit from the forgery in a financial way too. She offers her acting and smartness in return for money and along the way gets love from the Oldman (an unexpected offer). But the truth is she does it to relive her affair with an older man, her lover, who was killed in a car accident some years ago. Billy Whistler - an artist who forges art to help his friend, Oldman, and get some cash too. He offers his friendship and skills but gets just criticism in return until he decides to take a revenge. But the truth is he just wants an appreciation of his talent that he never gets from the Oldman. By forging beautiful portraits of women, he is forging love yet does it with outmost mastery, paying his respect to all the depicted on the portraits women. To me, he gets the best offer ever and a deserved one too.

Barbara Ritthaler What a disappointment. The sets are beautiful and the movie starts of well and it is watchable, mostly because of Geoffrey Rush.. The Robert character is not believable and neither is Donald Sutherland's Billy. The story holds up until SPOILER BELOWthe protagonist is beaten up. After that, I immediately figured out where it was heading. The agoraphobic lady is so very annoying: a sane person would run away from her after the first phone call. She sounds so fake. The whole movie is fake and it's a shame, because it could have been so much better with little effort.

khawla this movie had a real good impression on me,it had that classical yet warm touch,including the use of art,what power do paintings have on human beings ,the use of that kind of quiet and classical music was perfect too and how love does not know limits and the huge power it has on us humans,it felt great living it throughout this film in the beginning but the consequences were not expected at all,however,this movie was one of a kind,the cast was perfect,Geoffrey Rush ,i doubt he was acting at all in first place,his performance was outstanding.

lakeplacid I saw this movie a long time ago and saw it again on cable just yesterday. I'm just a simple movie goer and enjoyer, among all these connoisseurs. I can only say that I loved this movie in all its glory and flaws, I do not stop to ponder and consider every single detail cause I do not work for the Academy and I ignore all the technicalities that go into making a film. But this film went deep into my soul and moved me.