Well written and well acted telling of a true story.

Rating: 8/10 (22 May 2015)

This isn't a great movie, but it's very good, it's well done and engaging. It addresses a thorny issue - many Austrians welcomed the Nazis with open arms and were more than happy to watch the degradation of the Jews by the Nazis. While this question underlies the storyline, the issue doesn't overwhelm the movie.
The script is strong. The real Schoenberg was a consultant on the film, so it should be pretty accurate. The acting is also strong. Helen Mirren is always great and Ryan Reynolds puts in a solid performance too, especially in the short scene after his character visits the Holocaust memorial in Vienna. It wasn't a big emotional drama, but quietly understated and well acted. The chemistry between the 2 main characters by the end of the movie is convincing. Katie Holmes does a good job in her role, though it isn't a big role. Daniel Bruhl was very strong in his role, and he's generally very good in everything I've seen him in.
The one annoyance for me was the casting of Elizabeth Macgovern as an American judge. She didn't have a big role either, but as soon as she appeared on screen, there was a ripple through the audience "Downton Abbey". This woman really can't act. The simpering, head tilted, looking up expression of the Countess from Downton was thankfully not quite there in full force in her one scene in this movie. But really she just can't act and has one expression in every movie or series that she's in, including this one. When I looked at her bio, I wasn't at all surprised to see that she's married to the director of this film. Because that could be the only possible reason that she was cast.
So apart from that one annoyance, I'd happily recommend this movie to anyone. It could have been presented in a more dramatic way, more of a WWII escape thriller, more of a courtroom drama, but the director chose to go with a straightforward telling of a very interesting story, with excellent use of flashbacks. Really it was well done.