would you recommend this film-why/why not?

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I would NOT recommend this film. I asked my wife whether she had to pay to rent it.
The plot is disjointed and confusing, Clooney's, Blanchett's and McGuire's performances are mediocre and the "Casablanca"-like scene is absurd. Awaiting something coherent to happen, "The End" appears, blessedly.

No, it was very disappointing. Toby was miscast and awful. Clooney was not even good.

Too boring and slow. A lot of waste of space and time. I'll see you my DVD for 3 dollars and you pay shipping. Let me know.

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I would, if only for Cate's performance. The way in which Soderbergh shot the movie is like eye candy to me. Unfortunately the movie is not perfect, it's not even great. I still am perplexed that they managed to fail in adapting such an exciting novel. I mean it, read the book. You'll find the source material infinitely better, but the film is also worth watching. At least you'll be able to make your own decision on it.

I adored it. There are issues with it, and I agree that Maguire was miscast, although not badly. I think if he had underacted his parts a little it might have worked a lot better. There are also a few other minor niggles, but in short I think it's amazing.

It's visually stunning, the rubble and destruction that's consistent through the movie are always a great reminder of the city it's based in and the techniques to show off the black and white are well used. Cate Blanchett always looks great with her dark lipstick.

The story takes a while to get in to, but once you understand what's happening (about the 40 minute mark, for me anyway) it's very intriquing. It climaxes at the end like few other movies manage to achieve.

Personally I think the characters in general are the poorest part of this movie. Clooney, despite acting it well, doesn't have much to work with leaving the only characters of any interest being Blanchett, Maguire and a couple of American army people to wring everything they can out of their characters, and only Blanchett really succeeds

Very disappointing and silly film. This is one of the few films I ever considered walking out on. The screenplay is bad. Toby McGuire is miscast. I could go on and on. My rating: 5/10

Last films seen.... Frost/Nixon - 9/10, Doubt - 9/10, Revolutionary Road - 9/10

I would recommend it for people who like the genre (and I know quite a few who would love the film) but it isn't for everyone. I tried to explain the plot to my sister whose eyes glazed over as soon as I said 'War' 'Berlin' 'black and white'

I have to find out what she thinks about my popcorn films though (yes, I do watch OTHER things!).


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I wouldn't recommend this to anybody. It's got no redeeming value unless you need a sleep aid. Tobey Maguire brings a horribly campy performance. Between the writing of his character's lines and his delivery of them, every appearance he makes on screen is an eye-rolling experience. It's so bad I've got to assume Maguire was directed to act this way, as if Soderbergh perhaps thought actors once actually performed like this. I've seen some fairly bad movies from the 1930s and '40s, but none of them had actors hamming it up to such an absurd point like this.

Going in to it, I was hoping the film would at least look nice. Instead it's got a low-contrast, often blown out look of a poorly lit 1940s film that lapsed into the public domain, sat in a cans in a damp basement for 40 years, and then was transfered to VHS tape using a camcorder in 1987.