Some outstanding acting but ?

Rating: 7/10 (28 May 2009)

I have studied this part of history. And knew about this assassination attempt. I somehow would have liked to have also seen some mention of Marshall Enrich Rommel. He was arrested after this and took poison instead.
I thought Tom Wilkinson was great as General Fromm. He displayed the strength of character I associated with Fromm. I just found Tom, although I am a fan, could have been appeared more forceful, yet he displayed the vulnerability of his position. However, the special features following the film on DVD were very illuminating. And the physical likeness of the main characters was very good.
Just can't get Bill Nighy's performance in 'Love Actually' out of my mind.
But I watched it twice, so couldn't have been that bad a film for me to do that. The German actors were very good, and Bill Nighy, and Kenneth Branagh, somehow like Tom's character appeared to me to lack toughness.
Now I saw Albert Speer in the credits. Yet couldn't place him in the plot? When Tom was walking to the Wolf's Lair, somehow his body language didn't seem to display the military presence or determination of what he was about to do. My thoughts of course. Overall I gave it 7.