Cruise does not convince as a German aristocrat or officer

Rating: 1/10 (8 January 2009)

I was talked into watching this movie and unfortunately I sat through it. Of all the movies I have ever seen about WWII, this one was the least convincing. None of the actors gave me the impression of being German. And Cruise as Stauffenberg was completely unconvincing as a German aristocrat of that time. I had seen the Reader before I saw Valkyrie and though I regretted that they chose non-German actors too, I very much enjoyed that movie and found it a good representation of the time and people I grew up with.
I have a hard time understanding how anybody could find this movie interesting, I thought it was boring from the beginning to the end.