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2008
Romance, Drama
1h 32m
The rise of national socialism in Germany should not be regarded as a conspiracy of madmen. Millions of "good" people found themselves in a society spiralling into terrible chaos. A film about then, which illuminates the terrors of now
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2008
Romance, Drama
1h 32m
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Avg Percentile 34.22% from 124 total ratings

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Rated 27 Oct 2013
61
33rd
Not the most captivating thing you'll ever see, and I imagine it working much better as a stage play, but Mortensen and Isaacs just about carry it long enough for the sucker-punch of an ending.
Rated 10 Nov 2009
10
2nd
No la pude terminar de ver
Rated 28 Jun 2009
50
8th
boring. the plot is barely there. the new wife is pointless, as is the old one. im not sure why they bothered to make this movie.
Rated 05 Oct 2010
37
20th
Fails to deliver the message or interest the audiences. The only reason I watched it is Viggo Mortensen, as I find him an interesting actor, and in the end, it proves to be the only good reason to see it. Departures into Viggo's imagination are one big thing that bothered me, woman characters that add very little to the story (desire to give blowjob to a man in Nazi uniform seems important) is another.
Rated 20 Oct 2011
15
21st
"A character study of a Nazi quisling that's frequently too muddled to reach even the level of banality." - Bill Weber
Rated 31 Dec 2008
4
13th
(TIFF 08') One of the few times where I fell asleep, maybe I was tired, but I blame the film. I woke up before the ending, which was one of the worst I'd seen (at least from my point of view, having been raised in a jewish household)...
Rated 19 Apr 2009
2
16th
"Amid sketchy, historical reenactment sets and soapy British accents in place of German (Valkyrie was more realistic), Mortensen's underplayed, neutral performance stands in dignified contrast to a film that crumbles around him."
Rated 19 Jun 2009
24
18th
Flick without any pacing, bad story and nothing to offer for viewer. I appreciate Viggo's need to explore totally different kind of characters, but sorry this was not his field. And director was weak.
Rated 30 Oct 2009
72
18th
very slow start, boring at times, but last third was great. It shows pretty well how ordinary people can get caught up in the nazi madness. However, I don't think it excuses these people, because while making it understandable, the film shows a dozen chances where the protagonist should have acted and shown some backbone.
Rated 17 Nov 2009
55
25th
It drags on and feels as if really never gets properly involved with the subject itself. The movie dances around the difficult things and just when something seems to happen, it already ends.
Rated 26 Feb 2021
57
22nd
I think the problem with this one is that it takes on many big topics but remain so superficial or so subtle it doesn't seem to end up sending the message it meant to send. Taking on something big rises the expectation, so it makes the fall harsher if it does succeed
Rated 15 Feb 2012
3
45th
I'm not particularly taken with this, but it is a good movie. At least it doesn't take the easy out; almost any other movie about a man who sells his soul to Nazis would turn into a cliche redemption story. It's interesting to see Mortensen play a pushover milquetoast.

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