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Movie critics combined give Good German, The (2006) a score of 2.0970 out of 4
based on (149) reviews
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Excellent
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Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Eric D. Snider)DVD Talk (Eric D. Snider)
...read the complete Good German movie review at DVD Talk (Eric D. Snider)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Supercala.com (John Venable)Supercala.com (John Venable)
Technically amazing, but not engaging enough to recommend as theater viewing unless you're an arthouse freak. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Supercala.com (John Venable)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
[ The Good German is] technically astonishing and Blanchett is excellent, but the script is dull and the confusing plot fails to engage. ...read the complete Good German movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for CHUD (Devin Faraci)CHUD (Devin Faraci)
The Good German is an easy movie to admire... but within all that style there's nothing to love. It's a hollow movie. ...read the complete Good German movie review at CHUD (Devin Faraci)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (Mark Bell)Film Threat (Mark Bell)
Overall, while the film is a gorgeous, nostalgic cinema experience, and there's definitely a multiple of mini-plots to unravel while you work towards the final resolution, the film comes up as a bit of a dud. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Film Threat (Mark Bell)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
It never transcends being a mere homage. Fun to watch for film geeks though. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
...read the complete Good German movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
...read the complete Good German movie review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for MovieMaze.de (Birte Luedeking)MovieMaze.de (Birte Luedeking)
...read the complete Good German movie review at MovieMaze.de (Birte Luedeking)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
...read the complete Good German movie review at efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
It does get mired in its obsession with its own style. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Technically, it's a marvel, but as a soulful viewing experience, it's a muddle. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Maxim (Pete Hammond)Maxim (Pete Hammond)
Who says they don't make 'em like they used to? ...read the complete Good German movie review at Maxim (Pete Hammond)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.32 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
The Good German is a prime example of a movie made by highly skilled and intelligent filmmakers that nevertheless seems misguided from the get-go. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)
You can't invoke Casablanca and all these other classic[s]...without great dialogue, and this movie has almost none of it. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Soderbergh's film is no more cynical or world-weary than its inspirations, and in the end, it feels like a clever trick wrapped around a hollow center. ...read the complete Good German movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for E! Online (Alex Markerson)E! Online (Alex Markerson)
They don't make 'em like they used to, and The Good German is a very good reason why. ...read the complete Good German movie review at E! Online (Alex Markerson)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
I just wish I would have cared about the people walking around in this world as much as I marveled at the spectacle assembled to put them there. ...read the complete Good German movie review at MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Laura Kelly)South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Laura Kelly)
The Good German plays like Soderbergh's doctoral thesis for film school. But look past the honkingly loud geek factor, and it still works. ...read the complete Good German movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Laura Kelly)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Christianity Today (Russ Breimeier)Christianity Today (Russ Breimeier)
The Good German suggests that they can still make 'em like they used to, but also reminds us that there's more to a good movie than good looks. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Christianity Today (Russ Breimeier)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
The Good German cannibalizes the cool, cynical look of those great old movies, but it's too spiritually vacant to duplicate their soul. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Everything about The Good German seems a few degrees off, as if the new map of Europe has somehow altered the latitudes along with attitudes. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
There's not much beyond self-conscious mise-en-scènes and a lead actor who isn't mysterious or magnetic as much as he's simply aloof. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Denver Post (Michael Booth)Denver Post (Michael Booth)
We get no heroes, not even flawed ones. Clooney, our marquee man, chases through numbing plot contortions only because of his lust for Lena. By the time The Good German ended, I had barely a clue if the good ones had lived or died. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Denver Post (Michael Booth)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
There's a line between homage and mimicry, and Soderbergh has crossed it. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Peter Howell)Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
The Good German is counterfeit coin in search of easy marks. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Premiere (Glenn Kenny)Premiere (Glenn Kenny)
I hold Soderbergh in high esteem, but as handsome a technical achievement as it is, The Good German plays to me as a failed experiment. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Premiere (Glenn Kenny)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Time (Richard Schickel)Time (Richard Schickel)
Soderbergh doesn't miss a trick, and for a while it's fun for us to share in his fun. But there comes a moment when his Euro-noir film turns into another sort of exercise for the audience: an exercise in boredom. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Time (Richard Schickel)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
The movie's aesthetic is divorced from its sensibility. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Claudia Puig)USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Soderbergh's homage to film noir and wartime thrillers, is technically stunning but narratively and thematically hollow. ...read the complete Good German movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Claudia Puig)USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Technically stunning but narratively and thematically hollow. ...read the complete Good German movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
It does get mired in its obsession with its own style. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
If you feel anything other than admiration for its craftsmanship, let me know; The Good German is as emotionally cold and unconvincing as any movie I've seen this year. ...read the complete Good German movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Movie ChicksThe Movie Chicks
...read the complete Good German movie review at The Movie Chicks
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Of The Good German, it can be said that the operation was a brilliant success, even if the patient is not merely dead but most sincerely dead. The movie, in other words, lies there as if on a slab in a morgue, while you admire the corpse for its beauty. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Variety (Todd McCarthy)Variety (Todd McCarthy)
For actor and director, the project seems like trying on a new coat, and it doesn't fit either of them. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Much like a horror movie clone, The Good German looks like Casablanca , but seems to be missing something fundamental underneath it all, that will eventually lead to its horrible destruction. ...read the complete Good German movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
While the movie has style to die for, its attempt to integrate contemporary dramatic elements -- including profanity and fairly explicit sex -- into old-fashioned filmmaking is only spottily successful. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Orlando Weekly (Ian Grey)Orlando Weekly (Ian Grey)
With an attention to detail suggestive of a Star Wars fanatic making the ultimate Millennium Falcon model, Steven Soderbergh attempts to create an artifact out of the specifics of the noir genre he periodically revisits when he runs out of ideas. Using ...read the complete Good German movie review at Orlando Weekly (Ian Grey)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Fascinating in concept but a disaster in execution. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.68 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Far from the worst movie of 2006, but it may be the most disappointing. It should have been wonderful -- a delicious tribute to classic Hollywood -- but it simply doesn't come off. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Wade Major)Boxoffice Magazine (Wade Major)
Ambitious but sorely disappointing. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Wade Major)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
In his genre pastiche The Good German, Steven Soderbergh has tried to resurrect the magic of classical Hollywood, principally by sucking out all the air, energy and pleasure from his own filmmaking. ...read the complete Good German movie review at The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Freeze Dried Movies (Brian Juergens)Freeze Dried Movies (Brian Juergens)
It's experimental, so conduct an experiment of your own: go see the film, and when you wake up at the end, try to remember if you dreamed in black-and-white or in color. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Freeze Dried Movies (Brian Juergens)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
This cast almost makes The Good German watchable. It's just that their screenwriter and director don't do them any favors. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
If it weren't for a singular, gripping performance by Cate Blanchett, The Good German might as well have been titled The Incredibly Boring German . ...read the complete Good German movie review at Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
Lots of style almost covers up for little substance. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)
I could have managed to bear all the film's shortcomings if it weren't for Clooney. Where was he during the making of this film? His face is there, he knows his lines, he moves as needed, but any traces of the intelligence and rapport, the subtlety and ...read the complete Good German movie review at The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Empire (Ian Freer)Empire (Ian Freer)
This should have been Soderbergh gold. Instead it is mostly unengaging and dull, proof positive that they don't make them like they used to. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Empire (Ian Freer)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
...read the complete Good German movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for The Independent (Anthony Quinn)The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
...read the complete Good German movie review at The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for FilmJudge (David Mercier)FilmJudge (David Mercier)
...read the complete Good German movie review at FilmJudge (David Mercier)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (J. Hoberman)Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
However flavorsome though, The Good German is seriously deficient in the stars' star power and narrative excitement. The movie is lovingly framed, carefully lit, and fatally insipid. The direction is slack; the pacing is perfunctory. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for About.com (Jurgen Fauth)About.com (Jurgen Fauth)
It's hard to feel for the characters' fate when you're counting the ways in which The Good German rips off Casablanca . ...read the complete Good German movie review at About.com (Jurgen Fauth)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for thelondonpaper (Julia Buckley)thelondonpaper (Julia Buckley)
Buddies Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney started out so well. But The Good German is so painful that their recent decision to go their separate ways really merits a gospel choir. ...read the complete Good German movie review at thelondonpaper (Julia Buckley)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.52 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Ty Burr)Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
There's a great movie somewhere in The Good German, but it's buried under three tons of run-amok formalism. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.52 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Tobey Maguire, terribly miscast and squeaky (that voice - it belongs to a kid!). ...read the complete Good German movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.52 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
The Good German is just stiff. When Soderbergh tries one of those patented swoop-in-on-the-diagonal moves at a key dramatic moment, the effect is comic. And at that precise moment, the story starts dying a slow, oxygen-deprived death. ...read the complete Good German movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
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Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ DataShowBIZ Data
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Good German, The (2006) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
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Overall Rating:
2.2026
Good German, The (2006) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Avg Critic Score:
2.0970
Good German, The (2006) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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