An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Jessica Chastain and since it was available on Netflix, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, even if it was a really inspiring tale, it turned out to be only a decent watch and not much more than that, I’m afraid. First of all, even though Chastain is one of the most interesting actresses at work nowadays, I thought she was rather weak here. It didn’t help that she used such an annoying fake Polish accent and, in fact, all the actors were stuck speaking English with some completely random accents. Furthermore, I think it was also a mistake that her husband was played by such an uncharismatic guy. Indeed, the husband had been just as important as she was in saving all these Jews and, yet, there was somehow a rather misguided focus on her. In fact, I was actually amazed to discover afterwards that the husband was played by the same Belgian actor who had been so pitch-perfect, and indeed so charismatic, in ‘The Broken Circle Breakdown’. Concerning Daniel Brühl, he was basically stuck playing the typical twisted evil Nazi officer and there was no consistency in his character as his behaviour kept shifting depending of the needs of the script. Concerning the story itself, it was definitely some strong material and to see such selfless kindness in the darkest time of mankind remains awe-inspiring, even if the end-result was rather generic in my opinion. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was not bad and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.