The Best Offer (2014)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The film's called 'Deception', so you know going in that nothing will be what it seems. Unfortunately, as so little happens, the twist is completely predictable, which removes any suspense from the story. Geoffrey Rush is nonetheless transfixing and excels in this role. The film is way too long and slow, but it's watchable despite this.

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.

The Best Offer has surprisingly gotten mixed reviews: Roger Ebert (1.5/4), Rotten Tomatoes (56%), Metascore (49/100). I must give credit to IMDb for being the only reputable review site to find greatness in this film (7.8/10).A story of dark romance entwined in mystery with direction from Giuseppe Tornatore (his best work to date being this movie). Geoffrey Rush unsurprisingly gives a standout performance as a managing director of an auction house.The film opens as Oldman receives a call from a young heiress named Claire (Sylvia Hoeks), who wants him to sort through and appraise her parent's art and antique collections. He finds the situation very out of the ordinary because of how Claire refuses to meet in person, opting to handle business over the phone.It would ruin this experience if I were to offer any further details. I know it sounds incredibly dull given the premise above, but trust me and just watch this one. There are twists which are cleverly revealed. The performances are outstanding. The progression builds up in such an intelligent way as to make the final minutes that much better.I ultimately gave this a perfect rating because of how unexpected the ending was and how well it explained the progression of the entire film. It was one of those situations where you are left contemplating the cleverness of the writers and how surprised you were by the closing scenes. It was the same feeling I had after watching Split (James MacAvoy): "What just happened." Easily one of my favorite films of the last decade. Well worth your time. You won't regret watching this!----- 10/10 STARS -------- Review by Searsino -----

I enjoyed this movie, the script it's solid and the natural evolution of facts seems very well narrated. I have to say that I understood how can maybe end the movie just 10 minutes before the end. Geoffrey Rush was superb in his character, very well interpreted and probably one of his best performance. Tornatore was very able to built a nice story were everything seems to happen very fluidly. The movie itself is very pleasant and all the evolution of the character was very believable. I appreciated also that Tornatore doesn't speak about south Italy and Sicily (quite common in his movie and I have to say a little bit tedious and annoying at this point of his career) but placed this story somewhere in Italy without giving too much importance to the place itself. The cast works well if you consider that the movie is based on four main characters.