I just looked over the general consensus on this movie before I started writing my review and I'm kind of shocked seeing pretty low ratings because this movie was awesome to me.
Maybe it's because I'm German and actually interested in the law, so the trial, which was a big part of this movie had me interested throughout. We don't see many well done courtroom dramas from Germany, so I totally enjoyed this.
The acting was great. Well, except maybe that one cop, which is especially sad because he shared a big scene with Diane Kruger who blew it out of the park. In that scene you could see a big contrast between good actors and mediocre actors, because while Kruger was just perfect, the cop was very monotone and clearly just reading his lines.
Everyone else was great though, I especially liked Denis Moschitto as the lawyer on the good side, and Johannes Krisch as the defense attorny of the bad guys. They both had duels of words in the courtroom, always one-upping each other and I loved it.
The score was really good and fitting, not in your face, but really setting the mood for the movie.
The plot was maybe not the most unique and maybe even a little predictable, but it was so well exectued that I didn't even try to guess how it would end because I just enjoyed following along this story.
In the end, I just really enjoyed this movie a lot and I'm rating it 4 out of 5 stars and a like. Everyone should check it out, and I can't wait for those Academy Awards in which Diane Kruger will win an Oscar for this performance!
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