Didn't get past the first 5 minutes of this vulgar, graphic movie-- should be rated X!!

I liked this black and white throwback. Well acted and stylishly done in "film noir". Had a complex plot that kept me guessing. You could probably get the same plotline and style of film in an old "classic", but old movies have for the most part never been my thing. Something about the way they were filmed and the acting style of those times.

The Good German is a 2006 feature film adaptation of the novel by Joseph Kanon.
It was directed by Steven Soderbergh, and stars George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, and Tobey Maguire.
Set in Berlin following the Allied victory over the Nazis, it begins as a murder mystery, but weaves in elements involving the American postwar employment of Nazi rocket scientists in Operation Paperclip.
If you're unaware of the novel, the title:"a good German" is somewhat misleading because the soldiers of the Allied Powers during the invasion of Europe after D-Day thought that "The only good German is a dead German."
Thematically, however, the film centers on guilt, and whether it is possible to survive the atrocities while being unaware of and not complicit in them.
If you've viewed the classic film "Casablanca," you might be able to notice some resemblance at the closing scene at an airport as well as the appearance of film noir from the 1940s.

Nothing special. Plot can be confusing at times.

Failed attempt. Nuff said.

Fantastic acting and cinematography (in black and white), but a difficult plot to follow. I actually had to resort to reading a plot summary on Wikipedia to figure out who was trying to kill whom!

Soderbergh does a good job of mimicking the style to classic noir films, but didn't really do anything new with the genre - so what's the point?