Not a bad film at all

Rating: 7/10 (26 December 2008)

This movie has gotten a huge amount of bad PR(no thanks to Mr. Cruise's activity of late), but it is actually a very good film. The supporting cast including such veterans as Bill Nighy and Tom Kenneth Branagh amongst others, is exceptional in the way they really humanize a group of people all universally regarded as 'all bad' by much of the American public. This film will grab you and make you think a little differently on some of the men in Hitler's high command. Their actions regardless of the outcome put Hitler's command in disarray and as a result made Hitler less trusting and weakened his government likely saving many more lives. Catholics, monarchists, and republicans all worked together for the true good of their country to fight Hitler. This film has flaws, but Cruise was not one of them.
A very good movie.