A history buffs POV

Rating: 7/10 (6 February 2020)

Good movie, it was funny, it was sad, it also did a good job ...for the MOST part to be historically accurate - 10-11 year olds were not asked to fight in the "Battle of Berlin", age 14 and up yes, but not little kids.
The Hitler Youth was also not done right at all, they were basically the Boy Scouts of Germany, not taught to be desensitized to war -Germany was actually one of the most civilized nations on Earth (historians still question how this all was able to happen in at that time, a VERY sophisticated Liberal nation), and while the Nazi party was pretty radical, the typical German/German boy was just like anyone else.
That's a minor gripe though because I get that this was a comedy, and they did an excellent job showing the humanity even among those like the Captain. (when he covers for Elsa)
I was very surprised to see overall how accurate the uniforms were, and how at the end they showed the elderly being shown how to defend the city, as this happened. They also showed a brief sense of the brutality of the Soviets - who raped an estimated 2.5 million German women, and murdered millions of people after the war had ended. I'm fully aware Germany did horrible things on the Eastern front, but this film is specifically about Germans.
The Gestapo was done, while for comic effect - well. Even the German military and to an extent even the SS feared them. No, they didn't have to "Heil Hitler" like that, lol it was done for comedic effect.
The acting was AMAZING, was never a fan of Scarlett but she was great. Elsa, and JoJo were both awesome as well. Though some accents were very off, such as JoJos adorable friend having an English accent lol. Oh, and Rebel Wilson can be funny! WHO KNEW!!! But I felt the H.Y Captain stole the show!!!
I may seem like I came at this from the wrong POV. But I actually found it to be really great!