★ 8 / 10
For a blink and you'll miss it romantic
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For a blink and you'll miss it romantic storyline amongst the POW fact based story, I enjoyed it, and war movies of that slower more dramatic pace don't…
For a blink and you'll miss it romantic storyline amongst the POW fact based story, I enjoyed it, and war movies of that slower more dramatic pace don't usually do it for me but there was just something about this that after 11 years was worth getting around to seeing!
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★ 7 / 10
With a stellar cast of Kretschmann, Farmiga, Brühl
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With a stellar cast of Kretschmann, Farmiga, Brühl and Malkovich, you would expect the film to at least be serviceable, which it is and then some. Since this…
With a stellar cast of Kretschmann, Farmiga, Brühl and Malkovich, you would expect the film to at least be serviceable, which it is and then some. Since this is based on a true story, it makes the film even more interesting. So this film isn't a Hollywood product put together to merely titillate and entertain, that must be kept in mind.
And we know, it's taking place after the war has concluded, for how could Russians and Germans be dancing together at parties? Unheard of during wartime. But we also know that the film's focus is on the weeding out the SS officers to bring war criminals to justice. It sounds like a close and shut case, but when you've got humans who have been drained of their humanity, even deprived of ever seen family again, what transpires among the weak and weary is not that unexpected. For, after all, being a soldier sucks, and humans just want to hear music again, drink wine, and find love again. It is this very element, this very natural, human weakness that complicates the story and makes this film a most interesting commentary on the juxtaposition of the harsh, cold, brutal war and warm, feeling, wanting humans. Well done.
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★ 7 / 10
What's in the note?!?! This movie kept my
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What's in the note?!?! This movie kept my interest but really would have liked to know what the note said. It seemed like an abrupt ending. By her not reading…
What's in the note?!?! This movie kept my interest but really would have liked to know what the note said. It seemed like an abrupt ending. By her not reading the note I took out of it that she was choosing her husband.
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1080p would be great