Valkyrie Critic Reviews

Tom Cruise is perfectly satisfactory, if not electrifying, in the leading role.Read the full review

The mechanics of the actual plot are pretty amazing. Singer has assembled a top-notch international cast.Read the full review

Valkyrie, despite being a more straightforward thriller, is less gripping than "Downfall," the most recent film in which Hitler had significant screen time.Read the full review

Once Singer dispenses with the introductory pathos and gets to the nuts and bolts of Stauffenberg's plan, Valkyrie becomes an admirably modest and compact suspense thriller.Read the full review

A perfectly acceptable motion picture. The only thing that keeps it from even greater accomplishments may be inherent in the story itself.Read the full review

Has visual splendor galore, but is a cold work lacking in the requisite tension and suspense.Read the full review

Singer has crafted a fine film. One just wishes for greater details -- and a different ending.Read the full review

Once the plotters plunge into action, though, Valkyrie becomes both an exciting thriller and a useful history lesson.Read the full review

A brutally efficient bit of storytelling, and it makes no unforced errors. It is admirably free of any Spielbergian effort to squeeze sentimentality or inspirational lessons out of what is a complicated and morally complex story.Read the full review