Everyone, well almost everyone in the 60's and early to mid-70's had a big eye something hanging in their house. The prints were everywhere, just as was depicted. So, for the 60's and 70's generation, the basis of the story should become very familiar, very quickly. Amy Adams, who plays the lead Margaret Keane, is completely believable as she portrays a completely oppressed and emotionally abused woman who is forced to make art for her worthless, con-man husband (played by Chritoph Walz). As for Walz, as Walter Keane...he was very good as the psychotic husband taking credit for all his wife's work. Even so, he was miscast for this role. Spoiler alert: The heavy tongue of his native Austria came through clearly in a character who was supposed to have from the U.S., but allegedly spent time in France. The accent was bothersome for me, throughout the movie. It is why I gave it a score of 7 and not 8. That aside, the movie is worth the watch. It is very well done.
