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2.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The Good German (DVD)
I had high expectations for this film, considering the great cast. However, I was disappointed in their melodramatic acting and in the trite, dull and clichéd script itself.
If you're writing a script that's a homage to the 1940s, shouldn't the scriptwriter stick to that particular style? The use of F words and nudity (not a needed scene) was not the best idea, and actually called for disappointment already. What saved the movie was: - that it was shot in black and white, with no microphones, - its colorful score, - and its storyline (albeit weakly developed and confusing at times). Captain Jake Geismar (George Clooney) is in Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference in post-World War II Germany, but he is dragged into a murder investigation involving his former mistress Lena (Cate Blanchett) and his driver (Tobey Maguire). The last scene was a clone of Casablanca's last scene - was it intentional? It is a very *slow* film noir, and political thriller, and certainly not a film that everyone will enjoy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Good German,
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This review is from: The Good German (DVD)
Refreshingly poignant in glorious black and white. Haven't seen this technique so topical since Shindler's list. When watching this movie I suggest you continually ask yourself, "Who is the good German?" and you may find that answer changes from time to time.
This movie is a 'thinker' where there is no black and white easy answers to the Nazi question but only areas of grey. The Americans are seeking Lena's husband or are they? George Clooney is seeking Lena or is he trying to recapture a time before the war in Germany? The Russians are after Lena's husband or are they? Who in the end wants him dead and why? Who wants Lena dead and why? This movie contains real footage from the talks in Potsdam with Truman, Churchill and the German ambassedor which divided up East and West Germany. Why does the Hermitage (the biggest art gallery in the world located in St. Petersburg)contain more 'captured' art than any other country including France, England and Germany whose museums and art gallerys are phenomenal? Is it okay to do what one must to survive if you are a Jew in Germany? What makes one person a collaborator and another a survivor? Where does guilt lie for the atrocities in Germany and what are the Americans willing to trade to get Eichman? What part do the British and Russians, our allies at the time, play? Throughout this movie I was reminded of The Third Man with Joseph Cotton and Orson Wells where Joseph Cottom leaves Vienna a broken man without the woman he loves and George Clooney leaves Germany in the same manner. Both movies are shot in black and white but the answers to one's questions remain in the grey. I will buy this one -- no hesitation.
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