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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for UGO (350) on 24 Mar 2007

It's Soderbergh's commitment and creativity that lift The Good German above many of its peers, no matter the era…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 09 Mar 2007

While the title raises the question of whether it is possible to escape atrocity without somehow being complicit with those committing them…

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By Paul Arendt (158) for BBC.com (1,500) on 06 Mar 2007

A film that feels more like a cinematographer's showreel than an involving drama: flashy, but heartless…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 02 Mar 2007

The Good German is a prime example of a movie made by highly skilled and intelligent filmmakers that nevertheless seems misguided from the get-go…

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By Urban Cinefile Critics (1,069) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 01 Mar 2007

Steven Soderbergh massages his fond memories of the golden (if sometimes black and white) days of movies with a noirish sensibility…

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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 18 Feb 2007

One of the most artistically daring movies of 2006…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 15 Feb 2007

There's not much beyond self-conscious mise-en-scènes and a lead actor who isn't mysterious or magnetic as much as he's simply aloof…

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By Steve Crum (868) for Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers (80) on 06 Feb 2007

The failing ... is it takes itself dead-on seriously…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 30 Jan 2007

You can ignore the behind-the-scenes technicalities and enjoy the movie on face value: as a moderately entertaining nod to 'Casablanca…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 29 Jan 2007

A cold movie that sacrifices so-called 'heart' to achieve a primarily technical effect -- an appropriate strategy for a story about death camp…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 25 Jan 2007

With a few self-conscious exceptions, Soderbergh makes an earnest attempt to return to that place and time in both history and American filmmaking,…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Orlando Sentinel (1,594) on 19 Jan 2007

This cast almost makes The Good German watchable. It's just that their screenwriter and director don't do them any favors…

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By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 19 Jan 2007

You might be tempted to classify it as an interesting failure, but all the crudities and the snail's pace make it hard to get through…

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By Michael Booth (186) for Denver Post (1,096) on 19 Jan 2007

We get no heroes, not even flawed ones. Clooney, our marquee man, chases through numbing plot contortions only because of his lust for Lena…

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By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 12 Jan 2007

You can't invoke Casablanca and all these other classic[s]...without great dialogue, and this movie has almost none of it…

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By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 03 Jan 2007

Inasmuch as a self-consuming experiment can succeed, it succeeds…

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By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 31 Dec 2006

While the movie has style to die for, its attempt to integrate contemporary dramatic elements -- including profanity and fairly explicit sex…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 30 Dec 2006

If German is cynical about its characters' motives, it is not cynical about the movie's ability to make us think and feel…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 30 Dec 2006

If German is cynical about its characters' motives, it is not cynical about the movie's ability to make us think and feel…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 22 Dec 2006

Last year's 'Good Night, and Good Luck' was a great film. 'The Good German' is beautifully filmed, yet not so great…

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