A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
Cinematography
Roger Deakins makes grief look like a luxury furniture catalog.
Acting
Oakes Fegley out-acts everyone; Nicole Kidman does immaculate stillness.
Production
The antique shop is so detailed you'll want to move in forever.
Director
John Crowley
Ansel Elgort
Theodore Decker
Oakes Fegley
Young Theodore Decker
Nicole Kidman
Samantha Barbour
Jeffrey Wright
James 'Hobie' Hobart
Luke Wilson
Larry Decker
Sarah Paulson
Xandra
Willa Fitzgerald
Kitsey Barbour
Aneurin Barnard
Boris Pavlikovsky
Finn Wolfhard
Young Boris Pavlikovsky
Ashleigh Cummings
Pippa
Aimee Laurence
Young Pippa
Robert Joy
Welton 'Welty' Blackwell
Boyd Gaines
Mr. Barbour
Luke Kleintank
Platt Barbour
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Goldfinch painting is tiny—just 13x9 inches—making Theo's smuggling almost plausible.
The film's commercial failure became shorthand for 'literary adaptation misfire,' though it has since found its defenders.
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