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(1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 35% Rotten Page   1   "Although Soderbergh's old-fashioned film noir style works well in 'The Good German,' the characters and story fail to grab us."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 5/10 "No matter that it's based on a book, the movie is more about how the reality of the time was seen through the lens of a Michael Curtiz while he was filming "Casablanca"."   PopMatters   Brian Holcomb 4/10 "It's experimental, so conduct an experiment of your own: go see the film, and when you wake up at the end, try to remember if you dreamed in black-and-white or in color."   Freeze Dried Movies   Brian Juergens C+ "Soderbergh has been having a helluva time matching his ambition with quality lately"   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf 4/5 "Noirs this good don't come along every day, or even every year."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti B- "A beautifully flawed experiment, "The Good German" is an entertaining if unbalanced war drama that places modern cinema mores on a classic style of American film when the Hayes code would never have allowed such overt sexual reality."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Tully is the ugly American galumphing through Europe, grasping, insecure, and cocky all at once."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/5 "I still admire the risks that Soderbergh and his collaborators have taken, but by their nature risks don't always pay off."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 1.5/4 "...the almost total lack of character development ensures that the novelty wears off all too quickly."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C+ "Flat noir homage."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 0.5/4 "To say the movie is merely 'boring' doesn't seem fitting or epic enough of a word to describe what an excruciating endurance test its 108-minute running time is."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman B "You can ignore the behind-the-scenes technicalities and enjoy the movie on face value: as a moderately entertaining nod to 'Casablanca.'"   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider "An utterly gaseous film"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce B- "Homages don't get much more homagey...but if you love its models, and the sheer artificiality of the effort doesn't bother you, you should have a good time."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A murder mystery, a love story, and a glimpse of the beginning of conflict between the United States and Russia following the defeat of Germany in World War II."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat B- "Against all odds the last half of the film starts to work, though it's never able to escape the fact that it's inherently gimmicky and unnecessary, or shake the feeling that everyone...looks as though they're playing dress-up in granddad's wares."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 2.5/4 "The Good German, Steven Soderbergh's film noir homage, is nearly perfect when it comes to style and tone, but it concentrates so single-mindedly on the mechanics of the narrative that it loses sight of its characters."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 6/10 "Technically, it's a marvel, but as a soulful viewing experience, it's a muddle."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 4/10 "A homage to the romantic noir mysteries of the 1940s, a tribute that tries hard but, alas, misses the mark."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 2.5/4 "Soderbergh's film is no more cynical or world-weary than its inspirations, and in the end, it feels like a clever trick wrapped around a hollow center."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 1.5/4 "There's nothing going for the movie, really, except its ambition -- its heavily marred, totally unrealized ambition."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 2/4 "While admirable as an example of directorial innovation and homage, The Good German fails to connect on a basic emotional level."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 1/4 "It's a political tale with no significant contemporary reverberations, a turgid espionage-tinged romance with no soul, and a play-it-again aesthetic showpiece without a point."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 4/5 "Steven Soderbergh recreates the style of a wartime noir thriller so perfectly that this film feels almost stilted and quaint by today's standards."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C "An interesting stunt rather than a successful film."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C+ "One of the most artistically daring movies of 2006."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B- "With so much going on, the dialog tends toward speechifying..."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "More of a film-school exercise than a satisfactory cinematic experience, it's stylishly self-conscious, a stilted artifice, a mildly engrossing melodrama."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 1.5/4 "Inasmuch as a self-consuming experiment can succeed, it succeeds."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click her to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 3/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito  (1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 35% Rotten Page   1