Nuremburg

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As a fan of history this was easily at the top of my list. I also got a chance to see this a little early, so I am excited to talk about it!

The film starts at the beginning of the infamous trial. The US army brings in Douglas Kelly (Rami Malek) to  look into the Nazi high command. The film chooses to focus on the showdown with Hermann Göring.
  The film was written and directed by James Vanderbilt. His films take a giant swing through the genres. He goes from things like "Scream" to "Zodiac". Personally, in terms of historical dramas, if you can pull off Zodiac, you will get my eyes and ears.
   Russel Crowe has been in American movies since the early 1990's. He has had many iconic and memorable performances.He won an Oscar for Gladiator. I will say this is his best performance since "Cinderella Man". He is so captivating in this, he is big reason to watch 
   The slight ding I have, is that we do focus quite a bit on the Kelly and Goring. That is developed well. Yo care about the relatioship. You know that Goring is the villain, but it compels you to want to see more. It is  when we get to the trail it does feel like it plows throw the trial.
  This is a very thought provoking movie. I still think about it quite a bit, a week later.
GRADE:A-

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