Monuments Men: Not Monumental Enough

Monuments Men was a movie I saw a trailer for while at another movie and got very excited about. Bill Murray, Dan Goodman, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchette, and other VERY good actors, WHAT COULD GO WRONG? A movie with no direction (Clooney's job) is the correct answer. The movie never defines if it's a documentary-like film about the theft of the world's classic works by Nazi Germany. It never buys into being a comedy fully with all the seriousness around it. It tries to be too funny for you to take the serious parts with anything besides a grain of salt. SPOILER: Two guys die and I didn't know if there was going to be a joke, but there wasn't, and it made things weird. The movie has all these different elements floating around, but they come together like shit. The stars are all very solid, especially Murray (Standard) and I really like Clooney's character as well. It provided some HOPEFULLY accurate information about the theft of thousands of priceless artwork from not only cathedrals, museums, churches, but also from private Jewish collections. I hope at least it stayed accurate to that, but it tries too hard to be funny for me to appreciate the real parts of the film. Bottom Line: A cluttered 6.3 out of 10. It's on Starz, or something, so it's worth checking out for free because there was some historical value and good performances worth enjoying in fleeting moments.