The Monuments Men (2014)

The Monuments Men is a historical film loosely based on a real life group of soldiers called "Monuments Men" in World War II.  Their mission was to protect art from the Nazi's, so that a generation of European culture would not be forgotten.  It stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray and many other actors in a pretty large ensemble.

STORY
In the 1940s during WWII, Nazi soldier's were stealing art from galleries across Europe.  An art scholar from the United States, named Frank Stokes(Clooney) brings this to the attention of President F.D.R.  With permission he assembles a team of art scholars to come with him to the front lines to protect art from being destroyed, and to recover stolen art.  The Monuments Men, must overcome the fact that none of them are typical soldiers, and that they are old men not used to battle.  This is a Comedy.


CONTENT
There is frequent language in this film.  The language could of been in a PG film, if it wasn't so frequent.  Some characters die, there's shooting, although not much.  Smoking is seen in every scene, but that is how it was in 1945, so I'm not sure why that was included in the descriptor for the PG-13 rating.  


CONCLUSION
This is a funny film, and tells the story of average Joe's doing what right.  The main problem for me was the amount of language, if it didn't have this, it would be family friendly.  The characters could have been more developed (especially the one's who die).  It's not the best film in the world, but it's a fun watch.
                                               7 out of 10 


DETAILS
Run Time-118 Minutes
Cast-See IMDB
Rated PG-13 for some images of war violence and historical smoking
Release Date-Feb 7th 2014