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The Good
German
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Starring: |
George Clooney, Cate Blanchett,
Tobey Maguire, Beau Bridges,
Tony Curran, Dominic Comperatore,
Leland Orser, Don Pugsley, Dave
Power, Robin Weigert, Jack
Thompson, David Willis,
Christian Oliver |
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Directed by: |
Steven
Soderbergh |
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Produced by: |
Ben
Cosgrove, Gregory Jacobs,
Benjamin Waisbren, Frederic W.
Brost |
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Written by: |
Paul
Attanasio |
| Genre: |
Drama |
| MPAA
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R |
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Runtime: |
105 minutes
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Release date: |
Dec 15,
2006 |
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Jake Geismar (George
Clooney) , a U.S. Army correspondent, helps his
former lover, Lena Brandt (Cate Blanchett), comb
post-World War II Berlin for her missing
husband, who is wanted by U.S. and Russian
forces. Shadowing their efforts is Jake's
driver, Tully (Tobey Maguire), a GI with
connections to the black market. His loyalties
unclear to them, Lena and Jake know that Tully
has the power to lead them to salvation or great
danger. Based on the novel by Joseph Kanon.
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| Critics
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Average
Grade: |
C+ |
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Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Blanchett is
excellent and the movie's quite smart, but
Soderbergh's I-can-make-'em-like-they-used-to
artifice gets in the way."
more... |
B- |
Chicago
Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...peculiar
and unsatisfying..."
more... |
C- |
E! Online
Alex Markerson |
"...unintentionally goofy..."
more... |
C- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...Soderbergh
has re-created not only the kind of story
told in the 1940s, but the kind of technical
production Hollywood gloried in more than
half a century ago, too."
more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"Noirs this
good don't come along every day, or even
every year."
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B+ |
Hollywood
Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Soderbergh
uses 1940s studio filmmaking to investigate
the dark deeds only hinted at in those
classic films."
more... |
B+ |
New York
Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...the movie
is best appreciated as an exercise in
vintage Hollywood style."
more... |
B |
New York
Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...they don¿t
make them like they used to even when they
try."
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C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...it
concentrates so single-mindedly on the
mechanics of the narrative that it loses
sight of its characters."
more... |
B- |
Rolling
Stone
Peter Travers |
"...pure
moviegoing bliss."
more... |
A- |
San
Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"The story
isn't gripping or even coherent. There is no
real romance. "
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D+ |
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...far from
the worst movie of 2006, but it may be the
most disappointing."
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C- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...technically
stunning but narratively and thematically
hollow."
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C |
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