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  • Summary: A German literature professor in the 1930s, John Halder explores his personal circumstances in a novel advocating compassionate euthanasia. When the book is unexpectedly enlisted by powerful political figures in support of government propaganda, Halder finds his career rising in an optimistic current of nationalism and prosperity. Yet with Halder’s change in fortune, his seemingly inconsequential decisions potentially jeopardize the people in his life with devastating effects. (THINKFilms)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    75
    Good has a stagy fustiness, but it's worth seeing for Mortensen, who makes this study of a "good German" look creepily contemporary.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Scott Mendelson
    60
    An interesting idea, thoughtfully acted and visually intriguing. However, it is nearly undone by a lead character that fails to represent the general idea that the film is allegedly about.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    50
    The banality of evil has met its match in the banality of Good, a Holocaust parable that barely registers a pulse.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    20
    In Good, the anemic screen adaptation of C. P. Taylor's play about a respectable "good German" who passively acquiesces to Hitler's agenda, Viggo Mortensen, miscast and ineptly directed by Vicente Amorim, plays John Halder, a liberal, mild-mannered literature professor who becomes a Nazi.

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  1. EdouradD.
    10
    This film told me a lot about myself and our world. Subtle and affecting.
  2. April
    10
    Flawless performance, great acting. Intriguing, authentic movie.

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