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Valkyrie (2008)

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Reviews Counted:185

Fresh:113

Rotten:72

Average Rating:6/10

Consensus: Given the subject matter, Valkyrie could have been an outstanding historical thriller, but settles for being a mildly entertaining, but disposable yarn.

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for violence and brief strong language

Runtime: 2 hr.

Genre: Drama, Mystery & Suspense

Theatrical Release: Dec 25, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $83M

Synopsis: A proud military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who serves his country all the while hoping that someone will find a way to... A proud military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who serves his country all the while hoping that someone will find a way to stop Hitler before Europe and Germany are destroyed. Realizing that time is running out, he decides that he must take action himself and joins the German resistance. Armed with a cunning strategy to use Hitler's own emergency plan--known as Operation Valkyrie--these men plot to assassinate the dictator and over-throw his Nazi government from the inside. With everything in place, with the future of the world, the fate of millions and the lives of his wife and children hanging in the balance, Stauffenberg is thrust from being one of many who oppose Hitler to the one who must kill Hitler himself. [More]

Starring: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson

Starring: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann, Terence Stamp, Eddie Izzard, Kevin McNally, Christian Berkel, Jamie Parker, David Bamber, Tom Hollander, David Schofield, Kenneth Cranham, Halina Reijn, Werner Daehn, Harvey Friedman, Matthias Schweighöfer, Waldemar Kobus, Florian Panzner, Ian McNeice, Danny Webb, Chris Larkin, Matthew Burton, Philipp von Schulthess, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Christian Oliver, Bernard Hill, Julian Morris, Helmut Stauss, Tim Williams, Anton Algrang, Matthias Freihof, Gerard Haase-Hindenberg, Manfred-Anton Algrang

Director: Bryan Singer

Director: Bryan Singer
Screenwriter: Christopher McQuarrie, Nathan Alexander
Producer: Bryan Singer, Christopher McQuarrie
Distributor: MGM

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El Caso de Valquiria como cinta es muy interesante pues a pesar de que todos sabemos el desenlace, la realización logra mantenernos pegados a la butaca pidiendo de forma imposible que el complot funcione y dejándonos al final con un montón de "Y si%u2026"

Full Review Source: Cinenganos | comment Comment
Mar 11, 2010
Luis Martinez
Luis Martinez
Cinenganos

the action is traded for suspense in the movie, which is when things really click

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
Jan 9, 2010
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Singer can only touch on the surface of each development. It would help if we could see the failure reflected in von Stauffenberg's one good eye, but Cruise, alas, can offer little help. He's just Tom Cruise in an eyepatch.

Full Review Source: Florida Times-Union | comment Comment
Dec 24, 2009
Matt Soergel
Matt Soergel
Florida Times-Union

Maintaining tension in the face of a foregone conclusion is no mean trick, but Mr. Singer and company do as well as anyone could hope.

Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
Aug 30, 2009
Sonny Bunch
Sonny Bunch
Washington Times

It's never a pretty sight when a limited performer tries to "stretch" by way of cosmetics

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
Aug 26, 2009
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

It's the perfect film for our age of reassessment and ambiguity.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
Jul 29, 2009
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Earnest and understated movie about the General's plot against Hitler. Despite Cruise's reputation for derring-do characters, this is a very human German colonel that he plays.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
Jul 13, 2009
Louis Proyect
Louis Proyect
rec.arts.movies.reviews

[A] pleasing throwback to 1970s war-intrigue pictures. [Blu-ray]

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment 1 Comment
Jun 19, 2009
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

...finally can't help but come off as something of a minor disappointment...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
Jun 16, 2009
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

The movie proceeds to show how everything, little by little, falls out of place -- not the most thrilling of events to cover, but interesting all the same.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
May 28, 2009
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

[Cruise] brings a gung-ho excitement and energy that's generally missing from war movies today (they're more concerned with being stern and glum and anti-war).

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment 2 Comments
May 22, 2009
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

An interminable costume drama strictly for Tom Cruise fans and for World War II buffs.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment 3 Comments
May 22, 2009
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze

The movie looks good and seems to hit all the right notes, yet never quite connects or resonates like it should.

Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | comment Comment
May 15, 2009
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

A thrilling political war movie that sees Tom Cruise and a stellar British cast of high-ranking German officers plot to assassinate Hitler and end the war before the Germany they love is destroyed.

Full Review Source: Screenwize | comment Comment
Mar 21, 2009
Simon Weaving
Simon Weaving
Screenwize

A well-wrought thriller about one group's attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
Mar 1, 2009
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

Este "revisionismo" histórico pode ser bastante prejudicial e mesmo perigoso ao se tornar um primeiro passo para algo muito mais grave e que deve ser combatido com todas as forças: a negação do Holocausto.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment 4 Comments
Feb 13, 2009
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

The tension that builds throughout Valkyrie is palpable and the plot is incredibly compelling.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment 1 Comment
Feb 5, 2009
Tyler Hanley
Tyler Hanley
Palo Alto Weekly

A historically respectful, morally careful film.

Full Review Source: The Age (Australia) | comment 2 Comments
Feb 5, 2009
Dylan Rainforth
Dylan Rainforth
The Age (Australia)

With a more intelligent and taut screenplay, Valkyrie could have been much more riveting rather than merely be sporadically thrilling, mostly bland and, ultimately, underwhelming.

Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru | comment 10 Comments
Jan 31, 2009
Avi Offer
Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru

When he is at the top of his game, as he is here, Cruise's charisma is blinding.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
Jan 29, 2009
Eddie Cockrell
Eddie Cockrell
Sydney Morning Herald
 
 
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