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This is a well told story of a little known part of the Nuremberg trials. It holds your attention right from the off with a well paced script and outstanding performances throughout.

Of course there is a little bit of artistic licence but if I want 100% historical accuracy I would read a book or watch a documentary. As a drama though this works very well.

Using some b&w imagery to give more of a sense of the time, in the trial scenes when actual archive footage of the holocaust is used it all adds to the sense of watching something from the time.

There is one small aspected that irked me a little bit where certain characters are given some dialogue to shoehorn some facts and timeline. It felt a little bit as though the audience weren't trusted enough to know some basic facts. That may well be true but I doubt those people wouldn't be in the audience anyway.

That aside it is a very very good film. What makes it stand apart though are the performances from Russell Crowe and Rami Malek in particular. Michael Shannon also shines and although a smaller part there is one scene in particular where Richard E Grant stands out. I would not be surprised to see award nominations coming soon.

It's not a bad movie but not exactly packed with thrills and suspense either. Helen Mirren and Daniel Mays excel and Pierce Brosnan is good too.

Other than a smattering of amusing moments it's all just a bit saccharine and twee. It's a passable way to spend and hour and half but won't live in the memory as soon as the credits start rolling.

I've not read this or any of the books and based on this I've no desire to now.

This is such a huge disappointment. The plot has no credibility and virtually none of the situations are believable.

Throw in some rank bad acting and it's a recipe for disaster. Nearly all the situations are so contrived and have been done before in many similar ways it's the tv equivalent of painting by numbers. Just awful in every way.