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The Forger is a film starring John Travolta as a criminal who forges a Monet painting to repay a syndicate. The film received mostly negative reviews and was distributed by Saban Films in 2015.
A thief forges a Monet painting and tries to steal the original from a museum with his father and son. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this heist movie.
- (13K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Philip Martin
- 2015-04-24
Mar 3, 2023 · Based on a true story, Maggie Peren’s “The Forger” follows the young man’s quiet, reluctant journey into heroism. He never meets with most of the over 300 people he saves, nor does he seem particularly motivated to do the work for a grander purpose.
An art forger (John Travolta) arranges an early release from prison so that he can spend time with his dying son, then must pull off one final job for the man who made his freedom possible.
- (44)
- Philip Martin
- R
- John Travolta
Apr 24, 2015 · In essence, “The Forger” is a collision between two time-honored screen genres—the heist thriller and the sentimental tragic tearjerker—but in this particular case, the ensuing cinematic Reese’s Cup is well near indigestible since the two parts never really work, either separately or together.
The Forger is a film based on the true story of Cioma Schönhaus, a Jewish graphic artist who forged documents to help people escape the Nazis in Berlin. The film stars Louis Hofmann, Luna Wedler, and Jonathan Berlin, and is directed by Maggie Peren.
A movie about a master forger who must paint a fake Monet and steal the original from a museum to pay his debts to a crime syndicate. He involves his father and son in the heist, while facing the police and a federal agent.
