Movies: Neo-noir: Clooney's 'Good German' a style-flick mimicking '1940s Hollywood romantic thriller'

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Christian Science Monitor's film critic Peter Rainer (Dec15,2k6) whacks movie "The Good German" in theatres now. He says the flick, starring George Clooney with Cate Blanchett, is 'sytle over substance." It "makes an earnest attempt but can't save the film from its emptiness" (MELINDA SUE GORDON/WARNER BROS.)

"Not so 'Good German'"

Director Soderbergh goes for a 1940s noir feel, but loses story.

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"The Good German" is a prime example of a movie made by highly skilled and intelligent filmmakers that nevertheless seems misguided from the get-go. In attempting to make a movie that mimics a 1940s Hollywood romantic thriller, director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Paul Attanasio have concocted what amounts to perhaps the most elaborate film-school exercise ever mounted by a major studio.

Whew! That do sting!

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