Surprisingly a great movie

Rating: 8/10 (31 December 2008)

I don't know where to begin. When I first heard the movie was coming out, I had a lot of interest in it, but as soon as I heard Tom Cruise was going to be headlining, I was less than enthralled. After seeing a trailer for it during one of the earlier movies this year, I was impressed with what I saw for the sneak peeks, and Tom Cruise seemed okay so far. I took my children (15, 18) to see it last night and we were pleasantly surprised at how good the movies really is. I was very impressed with the star studded ensemble, but especially with Bill Nighy..wonderful. Thomas Kretschmann was awesome too, as the Germany Army Major who is confused at whether or not all of the alerts are real or drills. The script is wonderful, the direction is great and the cinematography is superb. Any fan of WW2 history will surely love this movie.