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For the very first time I went to the cinema the day after to watch a movie a second time. And I am a swiss citizen living in Germany, so it cannot be patriotic feelings. This film is just a wonderful film document of the great victory of the German soccer team against the Hungarian on in 1954. My father was 20 years old at that time and he watched this historical match live on TV in Bale (Basel). He told me many times that the German team surprised everybody because nobody was in a doubt at the beginning of the world championship that the Hungarian team will win. So this 3:2 victory of the German soccer time was really a historical event and cannot be really compared with 1974 or 1990 where they became world champion as well. I deeply recommend my father to go to the cinema as soon as possible to watch this movie. According to the scenery shown in the film Matthias and Richard must have crossed the Alpes when driving from Essen to Bern. But in fact this is not necessary because Bern is located at the north side of this mountain chain. Nevertheless a wonderful film!

I watched this film yesterday evening. I was really very disappointed. It is just a waste of time and the fact, that Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt are playing together does not make a good film. During nearly a full hour I was near to fall asleep. It has a few funny moments, but it is far away from a comedy. I am really wondering what happened to Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt to make them playing in a film having a script like this one.

Maybe you wonder, why I used above one line summary. I think this is the great message of this movie, the questioning of the fifth commandment. Just remember the end! Harry Weston is watching out for Matt Calder with the clear intention to kill him. While Harry is aiming at Matt, Matt's son Mark shoots him in the back to save his father. So he decided against the fifth commandment and killed a man. Wasn't he right to do so? In my opinion he was, but what do you think? Besides this, the scenery is just marvelous, the acting is average. And of course it was very nice to see Marilyn Monroe in wet jeans!! I gave this file a 7 out of 10.