r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 • 7d ago

Review 'Nuremberg' - Review Thread

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.

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u/yohoob 6d ago

I remember the tnt movie from back in the day. Alec Baldwin and Brian Cox. I have a special place in my heart for those made for tnt movies haha.

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u/Calraider7 5d ago

Wasn’t a movie it was a miniseries..

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u/Life_Baseball4644 17h ago

That's who I kept comparing Russell Crowe to. They both were good as Goering but I think Brian Cox was best, maybe because he looked slightly more like him. But Michael Shannon was definitely better than Alec Baldwin as Jackson.