Valkyrie Critic Reviews
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Based upon 15 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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It's a smooth, compelling, almost suspenseful (more on that in a bit), and slightly hollow Hollywood period piece.Read the full review
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
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
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
Tom Cruise starring in the fact-based story of a plot to kill Hitler by Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg sounds like Oscar bait. It isn't. And the sooner you accept it, the more fun you'll have at this satisfying B movie.Read the full review
The history itself is the main appeal here.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
Singer has crafted a fine film. One just wishes for greater details -- and a different ending.Read the full review
If Mr. Cruise doesn't work in Valkyrie, it's partly because he's too modern, too American and way too Tom Cruise to make sense in the role, but also because what passes for movie realism keeps changing, sometimes faster than even a star can change his brand.Read the full review
