The Goldfinch is a 2019 American drama film directed by John Crowley and written by Peter Straughan, adapted from the 2013 novel of the same name by Donna Tartt. It stars Ansel Elgort as a young man whose troubled childhood leads him to the world of art forgery. Oakes Fegley, Aneurin Barnard, Finn Wolfhard, Sarah Paulson, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, and Nicole Kidman appear in supporting roles.
The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and was theatrically released in the United States on September 13, 2019.
Plot
13-year-old Theo Decker's mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On his instructions, he is placed with the Barbours, the family of his estranged friend Andy, as he has no family in the city and his father has run off.
Theo reconnects with his nerdy friend Andy and becomes close to Andy's mother, Samantha Barbour (Nicole Kidman), who encourages his appreciation for her antiques and art. After Samantha finds an engraved ring in Theo's possession, he goes to visit the shop where it came from, Hobart & Blackwell. The shop is run by James "Hobie" Hobart, whose deceased partner Welton "Welty" Blackwell died in the bombing and gave the ring to Theo to return. Welty's niece Pippa was also at the museum and survived the bombing. Hobie allows Theo to visit with Pippa, who has serious injuries, and the two bond. Theo begins to regularly visit Hobie, even after Pippa leaves to live with her aunt in Texas.
Theo begins to settle into life with the Barbours and is invited to vacation with them, with Andy hinting that his parents are considering adopting him. Before they can, Theo's estranged alcoholic father, Larry (Luke Wilson), newly detoxed, and his girlfriend Xandra (Sarah Paulson) arrive to reclaim Theo and relocate him to Las Vegas. One of the few items he takes with him is The Goldfinch, one of the few remaining paintings by Carel Fabritius which Theo picked up after the bombing.
Eight years later, Theo is living back in New York city and runs into Platt, Andy's older brother. Platt informs Theo that his father was bipolar and that he and Andy were killed in a boating accident during one of his manic phases. Theo goes to visit a now sickly Mrs. Barbour and reconnects with Andy's younger sister Kitsy, who flirts with him.
Theo now works selling the antiques that Hobie finds and restores. A disgruntled art dealer accuses Theo of selling a fake, which Theo offers to buy back. However the dealer believes that Theo possesses The Goldfinch and is using it as collateral to finance his shop. Theo is shocked that the man made the connection between him and the painting, but laughs as he is still firmly in possession of the painting.
Eight years earlier, when Theo was living in Las Vegas, he managed to make one friend, Boris, a Ukrainian immigrant whose father was extremely abusive. Boris, who had also lost his mother, introduced Theo to drugs and alcohol. Theo's father, sliding further into alcoholism and gambling, died in a car accident. Terrified that Xandra would place him in foster care, Theo decided to run back to New York and begged Boris to come with him. Boris promised he would follow Theo in a few days, but ultimately never did.
Theo becomes engaged to Kitsy, whom he does not love, still harbouring a secret love for Pippa, who now lives in London. He catches Kitsy cheating on him, but decides to remain in their engagement due to his love for Mrs. Barbour and Kitsy's permissive attitude towards his drug habit.
Looking to score pills one day, Theo goes to an unknown bar where he runs into Boris. The two reconnect, with Boris telling Theo that he owes everything to their friendship. Boris apologizes to Theo which Theo initially believes is for never coming to New York City, but which he realizes is because Boris stole The Goldfinch years ago, after Theo showed it to him during a blackout, and used it to finance his life of crime. Boris is now no longer in possession of the painting, as a gang of thugs have stolen it.
At Theo's engagement party to Kitsy, Boris arrives and tells him he has a plan to recover The Goldfinch. They fly to Amsterdam, where Theo pretends to be a wealthy businessman and they steal the painting back. However, the plan goes sour, Boris is shot and Theo kills a man in self-defense, all while losing the painting again.
Theo goes to his hotel room and tries to commit suicide, only to be rescued by Boris. Boris tells Theo that, knowing where the painting was, he had a friend call in a tip to the police to recover the painting which was successfully collected along with other lost and stolen art including a Rembrandt. Boris argues that perhaps their strange and unwieldy path was all for the greater good and that it is all part of the strange thing called life.
Cast
Ansel Elgort as Theodore "Theo" Decker, Audrey and Larry's son.
Oakes Fegley as young Theo
Nicole Kidman as Samantha Barbour, Chance's wife and the seemingly chilly but kind and wealthy socialite mother of Platt, Kitsey and Andy who takes in the orphaned Theo.
Aneurin Barnard as Boris Pavlikovsky, a cosmopolitan son of a Ukrainian émigré who becomes Theo's close friend.
Finn Wolfhard as young Boris
Sarah Paulson as Xandra, a prostitute and the ex-girlfriend of Larry Decker.
Luke Wilson as Larry Decker, Theo's emotionally abusive father, Audrey's husband and a failed actor turned gambler and alcoholic.
Jeffrey Wright as James "Hobie" Hobart, Theo's mentor, Pippa's legal guardian and Welty's partner.
Ashleigh Cummings as Pippa, Theo's unrequited love and obsession.
Aimee Laurence as young Pippa
Willa Fitzgerald as Kitsey Barbour, Andy and Platt's sister, Theo's fiancé and Chance and Samantha's daughter.
Denis O'Hare as Lucius Reeve, a dangerous art collector who discovers Theo's secret.
Boyd Gaines as Chance Barbour, Samantha's husband and Kitsey, Andy and Platt's father.
Peter Jacobson as Mr. Silver
Luke Kleintank as Platt Barbour, Andy and Kitsey's older brother and Chance and Samantha's son.
Jack DiFalco as young Platt
Robert Joy as Welton "Welty" Blackwell, Hobie's partner.
Ryan Foust as Andy Barbour, Chance and Samantha's son and Platt and Kitsey's brother who is a school-friend of Theo.
Hailey Wist as Audrey Decker, Theodore's mother and Larry's wife.
Production
In July 2014, film rights to the novel were sold to Warner Bros. Pictures and RatPac Entertainment with ICM Partners brokering the deal.[5] Two years later, John Crowley was hired to direct the film adaptation.[6] In August 2017, Warner Bros. finalized a deal with Amazon Studios to co-finance the adaptation, where Amazon would invest in more than a third of the project's budget and obtain streaming rights to the picture on its Prime service, while Warner Bros. would distribute the film in theaters worldwide.[7]
On October 4, 2017, after a two-month casting search, Ansel Elgort was selected to portray the lead role of Theodore "Theo" Decker, following his breakout turn in Baby Driver.[8] On the same day, cinematographer Roger Deakins revealed to Variety that The Goldfinch is his next project after Blade Runner 2049.[9] Later that month, in light of his recent performance in Dunkirk, Aneurin Barnard was cast as Boris.[10] On November 15, Sarah Paulson was cast as Xandra.[11] By late November, Trevor Gureckis was hired as the film's composer.[12] In December 2017, Willa Fitzgerald and Ashleigh Cummings joined the cast.[13][14] During the same month, Kelley Dixon from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul was enlisted to be the film's editor.[15][better source needed] In January 2018, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Wilson, Finn Wolfhard, and Luke Kleintank joined the cast.[16][17][18][19] Later that month, the rest of the cast was announced as principal production commenced.[20]
Principal photography began in New York on January 23, 2018,[20][21] before moving to Albuquerque on April 3, 2018 for the rest of production.[22]
Marketing
Footage from the film was first shown at CinemaCon on April 2, 2019.[23] First official images were released on May 28, 2019,[24] as well as the first official teaser poster of the film.[25] The first official trailer was released on May 29, 2019.[26]
Release
The Goldfinch had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2019.[27] It was theatrically released in the United States on September 13, 2019, after previously being set for October 11.[28][29]
Reception
Box office
In the United States and Canada, The Goldfinch was released alongside Hustlers, and is projected to gross $5–8 million from 2,500 theaters in its opening weekend.[4]
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 25% based on 102 reviews with an average rating of 4.46/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Beautifully filmed yet mostly inert, The Goldfinch mishandles its source material, flattening a complex narrative into a largely uninvolving disappointment."[30] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 41 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews
The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and was theatrically released in the United States on September 13, 2019.
Plot
13-year-old Theo Decker's mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On his instructions, he is placed with the Barbours, the family of his estranged friend Andy, as he has no family in the city and his father has run off.
Theo reconnects with his nerdy friend Andy and becomes close to Andy's mother, Samantha Barbour (Nicole Kidman), who encourages his appreciation for her antiques and art. After Samantha finds an engraved ring in Theo's possession, he goes to visit the shop where it came from, Hobart & Blackwell. The shop is run by James "Hobie" Hobart, whose deceased partner Welton "Welty" Blackwell died in the bombing and gave the ring to Theo to return. Welty's niece Pippa was also at the museum and survived the bombing. Hobie allows Theo to visit with Pippa, who has serious injuries, and the two bond. Theo begins to regularly visit Hobie, even after Pippa leaves to live with her aunt in Texas.
Theo begins to settle into life with the Barbours and is invited to vacation with them, with Andy hinting that his parents are considering adopting him. Before they can, Theo's estranged alcoholic father, Larry (Luke Wilson), newly detoxed, and his girlfriend Xandra (Sarah Paulson) arrive to reclaim Theo and relocate him to Las Vegas. One of the few items he takes with him is The Goldfinch, one of the few remaining paintings by Carel Fabritius which Theo picked up after the bombing.
Eight years later, Theo is living back in New York city and runs into Platt, Andy's older brother. Platt informs Theo that his father was bipolar and that he and Andy were killed in a boating accident during one of his manic phases. Theo goes to visit a now sickly Mrs. Barbour and reconnects with Andy's younger sister Kitsy, who flirts with him.
Theo now works selling the antiques that Hobie finds and restores. A disgruntled art dealer accuses Theo of selling a fake, which Theo offers to buy back. However the dealer believes that Theo possesses The Goldfinch and is using it as collateral to finance his shop. Theo is shocked that the man made the connection between him and the painting, but laughs as he is still firmly in possession of the painting.
Eight years earlier, when Theo was living in Las Vegas, he managed to make one friend, Boris, a Ukrainian immigrant whose father was extremely abusive. Boris, who had also lost his mother, introduced Theo to drugs and alcohol. Theo's father, sliding further into alcoholism and gambling, died in a car accident. Terrified that Xandra would place him in foster care, Theo decided to run back to New York and begged Boris to come with him. Boris promised he would follow Theo in a few days, but ultimately never did.
Theo becomes engaged to Kitsy, whom he does not love, still harbouring a secret love for Pippa, who now lives in London. He catches Kitsy cheating on him, but decides to remain in their engagement due to his love for Mrs. Barbour and Kitsy's permissive attitude towards his drug habit.
Looking to score pills one day, Theo goes to an unknown bar where he runs into Boris. The two reconnect, with Boris telling Theo that he owes everything to their friendship. Boris apologizes to Theo which Theo initially believes is for never coming to New York City, but which he realizes is because Boris stole The Goldfinch years ago, after Theo showed it to him during a blackout, and used it to finance his life of crime. Boris is now no longer in possession of the painting, as a gang of thugs have stolen it.
At Theo's engagement party to Kitsy, Boris arrives and tells him he has a plan to recover The Goldfinch. They fly to Amsterdam, where Theo pretends to be a wealthy businessman and they steal the painting back. However, the plan goes sour, Boris is shot and Theo kills a man in self-defense, all while losing the painting again.
Theo goes to his hotel room and tries to commit suicide, only to be rescued by Boris. Boris tells Theo that, knowing where the painting was, he had a friend call in a tip to the police to recover the painting which was successfully collected along with other lost and stolen art including a Rembrandt. Boris argues that perhaps their strange and unwieldy path was all for the greater good and that it is all part of the strange thing called life.
Cast
Ansel Elgort as Theodore "Theo" Decker, Audrey and Larry's son.
Oakes Fegley as young Theo
Nicole Kidman as Samantha Barbour, Chance's wife and the seemingly chilly but kind and wealthy socialite mother of Platt, Kitsey and Andy who takes in the orphaned Theo.
Aneurin Barnard as Boris Pavlikovsky, a cosmopolitan son of a Ukrainian émigré who becomes Theo's close friend.
Finn Wolfhard as young Boris
Sarah Paulson as Xandra, a prostitute and the ex-girlfriend of Larry Decker.
Luke Wilson as Larry Decker, Theo's emotionally abusive father, Audrey's husband and a failed actor turned gambler and alcoholic.
Jeffrey Wright as James "Hobie" Hobart, Theo's mentor, Pippa's legal guardian and Welty's partner.
Ashleigh Cummings as Pippa, Theo's unrequited love and obsession.
Aimee Laurence as young Pippa
Willa Fitzgerald as Kitsey Barbour, Andy and Platt's sister, Theo's fiancé and Chance and Samantha's daughter.
Denis O'Hare as Lucius Reeve, a dangerous art collector who discovers Theo's secret.
Boyd Gaines as Chance Barbour, Samantha's husband and Kitsey, Andy and Platt's father.
Peter Jacobson as Mr. Silver
Luke Kleintank as Platt Barbour, Andy and Kitsey's older brother and Chance and Samantha's son.
Jack DiFalco as young Platt
Robert Joy as Welton "Welty" Blackwell, Hobie's partner.
Ryan Foust as Andy Barbour, Chance and Samantha's son and Platt and Kitsey's brother who is a school-friend of Theo.
Hailey Wist as Audrey Decker, Theodore's mother and Larry's wife.
Production
In July 2014, film rights to the novel were sold to Warner Bros. Pictures and RatPac Entertainment with ICM Partners brokering the deal.[5] Two years later, John Crowley was hired to direct the film adaptation.[6] In August 2017, Warner Bros. finalized a deal with Amazon Studios to co-finance the adaptation, where Amazon would invest in more than a third of the project's budget and obtain streaming rights to the picture on its Prime service, while Warner Bros. would distribute the film in theaters worldwide.[7]
On October 4, 2017, after a two-month casting search, Ansel Elgort was selected to portray the lead role of Theodore "Theo" Decker, following his breakout turn in Baby Driver.[8] On the same day, cinematographer Roger Deakins revealed to Variety that The Goldfinch is his next project after Blade Runner 2049.[9] Later that month, in light of his recent performance in Dunkirk, Aneurin Barnard was cast as Boris.[10] On November 15, Sarah Paulson was cast as Xandra.[11] By late November, Trevor Gureckis was hired as the film's composer.[12] In December 2017, Willa Fitzgerald and Ashleigh Cummings joined the cast.[13][14] During the same month, Kelley Dixon from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul was enlisted to be the film's editor.[15][better source needed] In January 2018, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Wilson, Finn Wolfhard, and Luke Kleintank joined the cast.[16][17][18][19] Later that month, the rest of the cast was announced as principal production commenced.[20]
Principal photography began in New York on January 23, 2018,[20][21] before moving to Albuquerque on April 3, 2018 for the rest of production.[22]
Marketing
Footage from the film was first shown at CinemaCon on April 2, 2019.[23] First official images were released on May 28, 2019,[24] as well as the first official teaser poster of the film.[25] The first official trailer was released on May 29, 2019.[26]
Release
The Goldfinch had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2019.[27] It was theatrically released in the United States on September 13, 2019, after previously being set for October 11.[28][29]
Reception
Box office
In the United States and Canada, The Goldfinch was released alongside Hustlers, and is projected to gross $5–8 million from 2,500 theaters in its opening weekend.[4]
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 25% based on 102 reviews with an average rating of 4.46/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Beautifully filmed yet mostly inert, The Goldfinch mishandles its source material, flattening a complex narrative into a largely uninvolving disappointment."[30] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 41 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews
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