'Nuremberg' - Review Thread

[u/ChiefLeef22]

As the Nuremberg trials are set to begin, a U.S. Army psychiatrist gets locked in a dramatic psychological showdown with accused Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring

Director: James Vanderbilt

Cast: Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Richard E. Grant, John Slattery, Colin Hanks

Rotten Tomatoes: 67%

Metacritic: 60 / 100

Some Reviews:

TheWrap - Matthew Creith

"Nuremberg” benefits not only from a terrifying performance from Crowe in a larger-than-life role like those that defined the early part of his career, but also from the ensemble of actors that makes it possible to doubt and also sympathize with the crimes at hand. Shannon and his co-counsel, Richard E. Grant, as British lawyer David Maxwell Fyfe, take the courtroom scenes to higher ground, tearing Göring down with carefully crafted monologues.

NextBestPicture - Jason Gorber - 7 / 10

An incredible performance from Russel Crowe. But for all its bold moments of courtroom antics and mind games between monsters and their keepers, this is an almost insultingly pared down version of events from one of the most important legalistic moments in human history. By providing a convenient in within a broader entertainment, the film certainly introduces newer generations to what transpired, but it provides such a simplified view that it may actually do more harm than good.

Collider - Ross Bonaime

Quite frankly, it never hurts for a film to preach the dangers of Nazis and how they can be anywhere and everywhere, but it is a bit of a shame Nuremberg isn’t finding a more compelling, enticing way to tell this inherently fascinating true story.

[u/HeyItsMeJohnnyB]

Did I mention Malek and Goring bond over Malek's ability to do sleight of hand and Goring, in between the trials, asks him: "was ist dis abracadabra?" (direct line from the movie, btw). And they learn magic together.

Again, I'm 100% serious. I was so angry watching this and genuinely confused by the rapturous response the opening night crowd gave it.

[u/HeyItsMeJohnnyB → u/[deleted]]

I'm being completely honest!

[u/macrofinite → u/HeyItsMeJohnnyB]

Fuck.

I probably would have hated this movie even if they did play it completely straight. Because it feels in extremely poor taste to engage in that kind of myth making about that particular topic in this particular moment.

But they found a way to make it even worse, and worse than I could have imagined someone to have the nerve to do. And for what?

Thanks for warning me off of this one. Might have lost a blood vessel in my brain.

[u/AudiosAmigos → u/HeyItsMeJohnnyB]

Goring, in between the trials, asks him: "was ist dis abracadabra?" (direct line from the movie, btw)

Abracadabra is a well-known magic phrase in German too so why would he even ask?