Academy Award Nominee??

Rating: 5/10 (3 February 2010)

This is a very uneven film and way overrated. The opening chapter at the farmhouse is way too long, the conversation between the two men is boring and there's little tension. The scenes with Brad Pitt and his hick Tennessee accent are excruciating, once again he hams it up over the top. He cannot do comedy. The basement pub chapter on the other hand is a fascinating bit of movie making and scripting, top notch Tarantino, but that was what - 20 minutes out of the whole? Landa is a great character, superbly portrayed. The final cinema shoot 'em up is a silly fantasy, a smaller scope, more historical ending could have lent the whole movie a "could have happened" feel. So, a lukewarm effort.