The Good German
Dvd release date: 05/22/2007
Starring: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Category: Drama
Rated: R
Who knows what American journalist Jake Geismer (George Clooney) expected to find in postwar Berlin? Peace, maybe. Or at least a story. But certainly not Lena (Cate Blanchett), his beautiful, embittered one-time love. And not the trail of secrecy and deception that leads from Lena to the scheming young corporal (Tobey Maguire) who’s her new lover…and to a murder no one seems interested in solving. Except Jake. Steven Soderbergh directs three of today’s top talents in this zigzag thriller that’s both an atmospheric homage to 1940s filmmaking and a deft modern film noir. The Good German is “haunting and hypnotic, it’s pure moviegoing bliss” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone). (Publisher)
Summary of critic ratings:
Chicago Tribune: *1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: *** (out of four)
Rolling Stone: ***1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: ** (out of four)
Overall: **1/2 (out of four)
Tags: cate blanchett, drama, george clooney, steven soderbergh, the good german dvd, tobey maguire