Max Manus
  • Studio: D Films
  • Release Date: Sep 3, 2010
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60 out of 100

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  • Summary: The rousing historical epic tells the true story of one of Europes's most celebrated World War II-era resistance fighters.
    Max Manus follows Manus from the outbreak of World War II until the summer of 1945. After fighting against the Russians during the Winter War in Finland, Manus returns     to a German-occupied Norway. He joins the resistance movement and becomes one of the most important members of the so-called "Oslo Gang," soon confirming his reputation for audacity by making two daring escapes from German captivity. He eventually reunites with his best friend Gregers Gram in Scotland, where they receive special training as saboteurs with a pan-national resistance movement, after which they are parachuted back to their homeland. One of the film's most thrilling sequences is a detailed account of the sabotage techniques used to sink a heavily guarded German supply ship in Oslo harbour, an act that leads to severe retaliation from the local Gestapo leader, Siegfred Fehmer. (D Films)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    75
    This rousing, fact-based Norwegian movie covers an unusual subject -- the resistance movement in that country during World War II, whose best-known depiction came in "Edge of Darkness," a 1943 Hollywood adventure movie starring Errol Flynn as a stalwart fisherman outwitting the Nazi occupiers.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Peter Brunette
    70
    The film is always engaging, from the boyish horseplay of the young innocents to the bravado shown in multiple encounters to the involvement of the revered king in exile to the final toll taken by the increasingly ruthless Nazis.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Pinkerton
    70
    An epic by Scandinavian standards, Manus's period re-creation is lavish-but the too-polished rental décor doesn't create a living past.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    60
    Buffed to an expensive-looking gloss and dressed in period-perfect finery, Max Manus has an old-fashioned sincerity that entertains without engaging.

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  1. DrumsNStuff
    9
    Such a great movie. Adds up to one of my favorites. It's as if Inglorious Bastards was a real story. It shows that people can just stand up for what is right or maybe just to make themselves look like a complete badass. (and succeed of course)… Expand

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