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Overall Grade: C+
Story: C
Acting: B-
Direction: C
Visuals: B
Play It Again, Soderbergh
by vbspurs (movies profile) (Jul 14, 2008)
11 of 13 people found this review helpful
Neither Blanchette's pitch-perfect Marlene Dietrich accent...neither George Clooney's smokey matin  

Overall Grade: A-
Story: A-
Acting: A-
Direction: A+
Visuals: A
'German' a classical film
by mfreema30 (movies profile) (Oct 24, 2007)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
George Clooney adds to his increasingly prestigious rogues gallery of film portraits as the one guy in this unsavory lot trying to stay clean. Cate Blanchett gets everyth... Full Review

Overall Grade: B-
Story: B-
Acting: B-
Direction: B
Visuals: B
As "film noir" as it gets
by songman167 (movies profile) (Mar 1, 2007)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I went to see this over the weekend with my two friends. Wasn't sure how it was gonna turn out, as I'd only heard of it a couple of times. Well, it surprised me in a coup... Full Review

Overall Grade: B+
Story: B
Acting: B+
Direction: B
Visuals: A
Provocative
by grendahl1 (movies profile) (Sep 27, 2007)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
While perhaps not the greatest, this movie focused on the change that came when the A-bomb and the rocket meant more than saving all those that Russians had in their gra... Full Review

Overall Grade: B+
Story: B+
Acting: B+
Direction: B+
Visuals: B-
Casablanca Revisited !
by ed_rosen (movies profile) (Feb 4, 2007)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Early on, I thought Tobey Maguire was going to steal the movie from Clooney. Fortunately, the mystery moved forward and Clooney became a focal point to the plot. Though... Full Review

Overall Grade: D
Story: N/A
Acting: N/A
Direction: N/A
Visuals: N/A
Just plain bad.
by svolosmike (movies profile) (May 23, 2007)
4 of 7 people found this review helpful
I saw this with no expectations at all. Just wanted to catch a film and have a good time. There is so much that stunk about this movie, I dont know where to begin. It... Full Review

Overall Grade: B-
Story: B-
Acting: B
Direction: B+
Visuals: B+
A good German for a Average movie
by jdporto (movies profile) (May 23, 2007)
3 of 5 people found this review helpful
George and Kate what have you done? The old movie concept in the Post War Berlin is intersting but this extremely slow movie suffers from lack of focus. The plot is somew... Full Review

Overall Grade: D
Story: C+
Acting: C
Direction: C-
Visuals: B
If only Soderbergh focused on the plot
by jmart0072007 (movies profile) (Jul 23, 2007)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Uninteresting, dull, lifeless, and boring, are the words that immediately come to mind after watching The Good German, thanks to Steven Soderbergh. I'm sure there is a go... Full Review

Overall Grade: B-
Story: C+
Acting: B
Direction: B-
Visuals: B+
Blanchette smolders but the story fizzles
by jettjon (movies profile) (Jun 7, 2007)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Here's another one of those movies where I find myself halfway in saying to myself, "If they don't screw it up, this could be a halfway decent flick." And then they scre... Full Review

Overall Grade: B
Story: B
Acting: B+
Direction: B
Visuals: A-
Interesting Experiment
by thirtysecondcritic (movies profile) (Feb 4, 2007)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Director Steven Soderburgh newest film staring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett is an interesting experiment in filmmaking. Shot in black & white using old style cameras... Full Review
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