SummaryA 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... Read More
Directed By:Vicente Amorim
Written By:C.P. Taylor, John Wrathall
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Good has a stagy fustiness, but it's worth seeing for Mortensen, who makes this study of a "good German" look creepily contemporary.
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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.
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The banality of evil has met its match in the banality of Good, a Holocaust parable that barely registers a pulse.
50
Viggo Mortensen looks the part but never brings it home with great conviction or passion. I never believed in the character and that greatly diminished the film's ability to argue its ethical case.
40
Inept works like Good, which remains, like most such works, on the anecdotal fringe of the problem.
40
Considering its theme and setting, there's something very wrong with a Good that seems merely competent, uninspired and a bit old-hat.
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So incompetently mounted by Brazilian director Vicente Amorim (it takes a clumsy directorial hand to make Viggo Mortensen come on like Sesame Street's Mr. Noodle) as to be utterly incoherent.
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Jan 15, 2014
5
It was a decent enough movie but it was no Schindler's List. Viggo Mortensen's performance as Halder was amazing but I can't help to think that there may have been a better actor suited for the role. The plot was new to see and definitely interesting to follow but the ending didn't really give me the impact that I know it was meant to. Jason Issacs character Maurice was crucial to the plot but I kept forgetting about him when ever he wasn't on screen, even when Halder was talking about him I couldn't remember him. While it is definitely not the best movie you will see it is still a good movie (no pun intended) and worth watching.
Production Company:
- Good Films Collective
- Miromar Entertainment
Release Date:Dec 31, 2008
Duration:1 h 36 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Anything that makes people happy can't be bad, can it?
Awards
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
Rome Film Fest
• 1 Nomination
