An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from the damned thing but since it was starring Al Pacino, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even though, like many other recent movies starring the legendary actor, it did receive some rather abysmal reviews, I thought it was not so bad though. Basically, pretty much like ‘Resistance’, another WWII movie starring Jesse Eisenberg I saw the day before, I think it was a very interesting story which suffered from very poor execution. At least, Al Pacino did deliver a solid performance, even if his character was not developed whatsoever. However, the rest of the cast, especially Meadow Williams, was really weak though. I wonder if I saw her before and she apparently specialises in such cheap flicks. Anyway, even she did look good, she did basically nothing interesting with this character. Concerning the story, they chose a really straightforward approach which wasn’t a bad idea and I would have to agree with the outcome. However, in my opinion, they did miss something though. Indeed, they kept leaning on the fact that she was probably a victim herself but, even if Mildred Gillars didn’t deserve to die for playing a propaganda character on the radio, I’m not sure if she was completely innocent though. Indeed, sure, she didn’t write her text and obviously couldn’t quit her job but what did she believe in? I mean, was she a Nazi after all? As such, since you could never be sure where she stood on this matter, I still think that she was to be considered a traitor and her jail sentence was deserved. Anyway, to conclude, I guess I might have been too generous with my rating here but, in my opinion, it was an interesting watch and I think it is worth a look. 

6/10