Pretty average overall, waste of a great set

Rating: 6/10 (30 September 2013)

Being a bit of a history buff I had high hopes for this movie but it let me down, it was just average on almost every level.
The first 15 minutes or so is actually fairly eye opening, but the film doesn't kick on from there and slowly gets more dull as it progresses.
The set is spectacular, but that's the end of the good news. The script felt like it was written in a day, it's completely void of wit and is barely insightful, I could've been watching a bad TV movie. The acting suffers as a result and none of the main cast shines, Ed Harris especially was wasted his character is badly developed and despite being the main bad guy we know almost nothing about him.
The soundtrack is disappointingly dull and forgettable, the only up side is it is numbingly sappy so it fits in with the rest of the movie.
So that's it, a blown opportunity to tell a great story about Stalingrad, Enemy At The Gates is ordinary from start to finish.