The film tells a story of love and deceit, set in Europe (Trieste, Bolzano, Fidenza, Rome, Milan, Merano, Vienna, Prague) in the world of high-end art auctions and antiques. The story revolves around Virgil Oldman (played by Geoffrey Rush), an elderly and esteemed, but somewhat eccentric, managing director of an auction house. Oldman is hired by a reclusive young heiress, Claire Ibbetson (played by Sylvia Hoeks), to auction off the large collection of art and antiques left to her by her parents. For some reason, Claire always refuses to be seen in person. An astute young artificer, Robert (played by Jim Sturgess), then aids Oldman in restoring and reassembling some odd mechanical parts he finds amongst Claire's belongings, while also giving him advice on how to befriend her, and how to deal with his feelings towards her. Oldman's poise and prestige is counterpointed by an ongoing scam whereby his friend Billy Whistler (played by Donald Sutherland) helps him to acquire a secret private collection of master paintings.
This film is horrendous and hard to watch because its so bad. It has so many things going on it that its very stuffy, confusing and hard to follow what is going on in the story. Some of the supporting characters are horrible and seem really stupid. The two bright spots in the film are the acting performances of Geoffrey Rush and Donald Sutherland, who are two of the greatest actors to live and always give great performances im really bad movies. Overall I'm going to give The Best Offer a 2 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of The Best Offer, what would you score it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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