S.W.’s Scores
Continuity
+4
Entertainment
+5
Rewatchability
+2
CastRussell Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon
StreamingNetflix
S.W.’s Verdict
Russell Crowe disappears into Göring so completely that you forget you're watching an actor, which is the problem — the film keeps you at arm's length from the horror by letting Crowe's performance do all the heavy lifting. Rami Malek's psychiatrist is the audience stand-in, trying to understand evil through conversation. The pacing is measured to the point of restraint, which works until you realize the restraint is permanent. Good film. Not the definitive Nuremberg film it wanted to be.