Nuremberg

Saw an early screening of Nuremberg with the Regal Mystery Movie. Honestly, I was expecting another standard WWII film. There are two storylines that interweave. The first being the obvious, the relationship between Douglas Kelly (Malek) and Herman Goering (Crowe). And the story of trying to get the trials set up with Robert Jackson (Shannon).

Positives!

+Some of the most genuine conversations I have heard on film.

+Great set and costumes.

+Fitting Score.

+Interesting interpersonal relationships. Show what it means to put humanity before hatred.

Negatives!

-Some historical inaccuracies.

-Gimmicky black and white news reel moments.

-Rami Malek doesn't always match his words to his face.

Nuremberg is a great film. But not a documentary. Your enjoyment may vary because of that. But Russell Crowe knocks it out of the park for sure. No heavy handed themes. Just factual footage from the camps.

--GremlinLord615.

-Full Review on Youtube.

Do not listen to the want to be Historians on this site. Was the movie 100% accurate, absolutely not, but neither was Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Fury, etc. However, this movie was very well done and told another side of the Nuremberg trials. My wife is not someone who watches WW2 movies, but she was captivated by this movie. Russel Crowe did a wonderful job playing Goering. Do yourself a favor and go watch the movie and enjoy it. It really is a movie that will stick with you for awhile.

Nuremberg is an entertaining treatment of the trial of top Nazi Hermann Goering. Its aim is to be crowd pleasing but also to touch on serious matters, and it succeeds. Russell Crowe is getting all the attention but Rami Malek worked better for me. John Slattery is commanding. Leo Woodall is attention-getting in a smaller role. He has a scene toward the end of the film that made me cry. There are some inaccuracies. Nuremberg addresses the Nazi persecution of Jews to the exclusion of other victims, including handicapped people, Poles, Soviet POWs, gay people, JWs, and others. But that's a minor complaint about a good movie that manages to both entertain and treat difficult material.

As a person who has , rather unhealthy, fallen down the rabbit hole of WW2 trials and atrocities, I never heard that nasty piece of work antisemitic Julius Streicher broke down and cried. It's just a fabrication this film adds to see this horrible,nasty person gets his just deserts. It was actually rather laughable.

I also could swallow Kelley had a ' connection' with Goring's wife. I appreciate he needed her to get more information on him but it felt tacked on.

Just as laughable is Rami Malek's performance as Douglas Kelley. He seems too mannered,too immature, doesn't convince as a psychiatrist. He also looks Jewish,which would have been a deterrent in the interviews he conducted with high level Nazis. The real Kelley didn't look too Jewish,maybe some dark features.

Russell Crowe steals the film as Goring. Pompous, arrogant and self delusional. His accent is flawless.

It has a rather bombastic soundtrack at times, which ,I guess, adds to the pomp of the film.

It's not bad and I would recommend especially to the new generation of younger people so they are aware of this important part of history and how intolerance can breed.

A misstep from James Vanderbilt,who wrote of the finest films of the last 25yr, Zodiac.

7.7/10 (Recommend)

First reaction is that this movie deserves to be commended on more than saying the acting was good, the story was heavy, and the pacing was decent. All three of these things ring true, but it was also more than that. It was thought provoking in its humanity, morality, and legality.

So here is my checklist of this film:

• The acting was good, but I don't think any of it was award winning. The variety of actors chosen for each role made everything feel genuine for the era. Most impressive was Russell Crowe actually speaking German. I assumed it would be him speaking English the entire time, but with a German accent. Beyond the acting feeling authentic the sets felt real too. There wasn't just a ton of close-up shots trying to convince you that you were in war torn Germany. They gave you brief avenues to truly see.

• The story was heavy. You know why they're in Nuremberg, and you know the atrocities that took place. But you know when you don't hear a single crunching of popcorn or rustling of snacks, and there's a collective holding of breath, then you know the director has reeled you in. (Humanity) Emotionally it was more pain and hurt seeing the atrocities and not just tear jerking.

• The pacing was good. Despite its 2.5 hour runtime, the pacing was enjoyable. There's very few moments of down time. I would recommend not going to see the film if you've either been sitting all day, or are tired, or both. I was restless throughout because of both of those things.

• The legality and morality of Nuremberg was not something I ever really considered before. These trials were unprecedented and so the cases had to be built from the ground up. It only shows a partiality of this, but it goes just deep enough to give you a sense.

Overall, this is a movie I'd recommend seeing in theatres. The sound quality is spectacular and the visuals are great on the big screen. This isn't an award winning film by any stretch of the imagination, but it does its job well enough to say "these were some of the first men to be tried in Nuremberg. We try to humanize them, but in the end they are evil." It might be long for some, but for others it's good entertainment and possibly the beginning of a knowledge quest.

That's it for now. Thanks for taking time to read my review. Happy watching and enjoy the show!