Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Mark Strong
And the WWII flicks keep coming. Viggo Mortensen, in a stark change of pace, stars in this film about the many "good" people caught up in the Nazi regime. He plays a naive literature professor co-opte...( read more
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October 22, 2009Despite its admirable intentions, it lacks enough dramatic power and strength in its intended message about evil and conformity - and Mortensen's unconvincing performance doesn't do much either.
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September 21, 2009viggo mortensen is a germanwriter in the 30s nazi germany being seduced into the regeme, due to his book he wrote some years earlier, aparently hitler was a admirer,and wanted to have the writer on there team, the filmlike many others recently, showing not all germans were nazis,...( read more)
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September 2, 2009This movie is anything but what the title says. It was boring and slow, and the ending, I only call it an ending because the credits apeared. It concluded nothing, NOTHING!!! The acting was lame and the whole movie was honestly a pain to sit through. THe thing that bothered me mo...( read more)
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August 11, 2009A very affecting film, with superb acting and competent direction. It is particularly refreshing to see a historical hero to be portrayed fully, and as a complex individual, including less desireable traits and reluctance to put himself in danger. After all, this was a terrifyi...( read more)
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August 9, 2009Not bad, BUT too old subject which leads misinformation. There is no more German Nazis. I don't see new films about current Nazis. World is full of drama. Misinformation, desinformation and pre-historic animals such as Mammoths, Dinosaurs.
Critic Reviews
April 17, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
January 20, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The subject -- self-deception and failure of nerve in an unjust world -- is too messy and horrible to laugh away. full review
December 31, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The banality of evil has met its match in the banality of Good, a Holocaust parable that barely registers a pulse. full review
December 31, 2008
Kurt Loder, MTV
The banality of evil is a rich subject; the cluelessness of same, not so much. full review
December 30, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Though the film opens with an intriguing burnished look, it bogs down about halfway through with talkiness and uneven pacing. When reality finally dawns on Halder, it is not only too late for him to r... full review
December 29, 2008
Bob Mondello, NPR
Good is pretty schematic — betraying its theatrical roots, perhaps. It's also a little drawn out. But it demonstrates the surprising power of character flaws in drama. full review
December 29, 2008
Bob Mondello, NPR.org
Good is pretty schematic — betraying its theatrical roots, perhaps. It's also a little drawn out. But it demonstrates the surprising power of character flaws in drama. full review
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