Mawkish and Needless Over-dramatization Ruined a Potentially Powerful Story.

Rating: 2/10 (16 May 2016)

After watching the well-crafted and riveting "Judgment at Nuremberg," I was prepared for a worthy follow-up - companion piece - in "Schindler's List." This over-rated film was a dismal disappointment to me. Anyone with a heart and soul could have felt the suffering and tribulations - of the Jewish population - without the director resorting to heavy-handed dramatic subterfuge, telegraphed to elicit sympathy for their plight. Furthermore, the movie could have been cut by at least an hour and benefited from that alone. Conversely, Liam Neeson's final scene was so over-the-top and downright hammy that it was totally unbelievable to me. All in all I deeply resent this important subject matter treated in such a forced-fed or programmed manner that precluded the audience from forming their own conclusions and allowing us to arouse genuinely deep-felt compassion for the victims of these atrocities... If simplicity is elegance this lengthy, haphazard hodgepodge lacked the class it should have displayed and as a result left me cold. I unreservedly recommend those who actually liked this picture to view "Judgment at Nuremberg" to distinguish the difference between mawkish, self-indulgent directing and true art.