Review of Valkyrie (2008) by Nick M — 03 Mar 2015

It's dragged down by inconsistencies, but undeniably well made.

This review of Valkyrie (2008) was written by Nick M on 03 Mar 2015.

Valkyrie has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Valkyrie

Review of Valkyrie (2008)

By Joe M (1,521) on 31 Jul 2018

Bryan Singer's Valkyrie is a great attempt at showcasing one of the most fascinating chapters of WW2- the assassination attempt on Hitler's…

Read Review

Review of Valkyrie (2008)

By Eric M (1,401) on 11 Jan 2016

Valkyrie is a boring historical film, with boring characters, and a boring story. I know what happens even before I start this film…

Read Review

Review of Valkyrie (2008)

By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 08 Jul 2017

Bryan Singer’s solid direction and some flavorful supporting performances from the dependable likes of Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard, and Tom…

Read Review

Review of Valkyrie (2008)

By Joshua B (1,260) on 06 Aug 2016

See it once but doesn't make me want to see it again…

Read Review

Review of Valkyrie (2008)

By Lawrence B (122) on 15 Apr 2016

Historical drama. A number of inside attempts were made by Germans to assassinate Hitler. This movie tells the story of one of those plots…

Read Review

Review of Valkyrie (2008)

By David D (2,198) on 30 Aug 2015

Brilliant production of a tragic part of history of Germany. One of Tom Cruise's best performances…

Read Review

Review of Valkyrie (2008)

By Henry P (191) on 16 Feb 2016

Want to see it but only because of the good story line, the cast looks very disappointing - at least Bill Nighly and Carice van Houten is in…

Read Review

Review of Valkyrie (2008)

By Filipeneto (856) on 05 Jul 2018

This film's story is about an unsuccessful attempt to kill Adolf Hitler by members of the high command of the German army…

Read Review

Review of Valkyrie (2008)

By Alexanderrobert (2) on 13 May 2023

A decent historical war film, however felt it could have been a bit better…

Read Review

Review of Valkyrie (2008)

By Luke F (119) on 11 Jan 2016

Valkyrie is a boring historical film, with boring characters, and a boring story. I know what happens even before I start this film…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of My Name Is Khan (2010)

By Tejopanini (1) on 14 Feb 2010

This movie is absolute fake. Full of hero khan glorification. Director lost plot in btw and started glorifying the protagonist…

Read Review

Review of The King Maker (2005)

By Ali J (86) on 23 Jul 2008

Crap acting, bad direction, and awful action Choreography avoid at all costs…

Read Review

Review of From Paris with Love (2010)

By Stephen Silver (684) for The Trend (130) on 17 Feb 2010

Not to be taken seriously. But, ridiculous as the film is, it's loads of fun…

Read Review

Review of California Suite (1978)

By Dean M (1,337) on 10 Dec 2006

Great Cast... probably in one of Neil's Worst screenplays yet however... rarely funny, often embarassingly awful…

Read Review

Review of The Anniversary Party (2001)

By David Edelstein (2,124) for Slate (2,081) on 03 Feb 2010

I had a hard time maintaining interest in (let along liking) any of these self-involved Hollywood twerps, and scene after scene is a grating…

Read Review

Review of Hanover Street (1979)

By Rasmus D (9) on 11 Feb 2008

It's not even amusing, but just painful to watch Harrison Ford deliver lines like: It's so unfair for anybody's eyes to be that color; I was…

Read Review

Review of Bullet Ballet (1998)

By George I (269) on 06 Mar 2014

Tsukamoto (Tetsuo) is back with another hyperkinetic and colorless experimental film…

Read Review

Review of Harry Brown (2009)

By Metagirl (1) on 01 May 2010

Extremely violent. With a weak plot and a unrealistic ending…

Read Review

Review of Brooklyn's Finest (2010)

By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 14 Nov 2009

Simultaneously full of itself and full of sh--, Brooklyn's Finest is a cop movie so shallow, dumb, derivative and infuriating that it feels…

Read Review

Review of Wake in Fright (1971)

By David S (4,459) on 14 Dec 2017

Should have just called it Drunk Town. Never seen so much drinking in a movie. Whole town consists of drunkards. Too bad the movie sucked…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Logan

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Valkyrie

2008

65%888 Reviews

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

2022

66%164 Reviews

Small Time Crooks

2000

64%254 Reviews

Maverick

1994

68%534 Reviews

Kicking and Screaming

1995

64%454 Reviews

Lucky Number Slevin

2006

75%870 Reviews

The Fly II

1989

46%245 Reviews

No End in Sight

2007

84%598 Reviews

Magnificent Obsession

1935

71%59 Reviews

Sahara

2005

59%61 Reviews