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The film tells a story of a group of young, reasonably well off and naive people, who fought the NAZI by trying to help USSR. However, as said by Hilde's son Hans, a German historian, after the war, many Nazi officers who participated in the torture and killing of those fighters were never prosecuted but joined the West German military, while his parents and other continued to be treated as traitors till 2008. That makes you wonder whether they were heroes fighting for freedom, or victims in the geopolitical conflicts played by the people in power.

In the film, all of the people in Nazi machines, the secret police , the prison guards, the hospital staff, the judges, were humane, kind and sympathetic. I am not sure how well this reflects the historical truth. Prison systems across the world were cruel in those days. Was Hilde just lucky to be treated humanely, or was it the filmmaker's desire of not hurting this beautiful soul, on the big screen?

Looking at the conflicts today that are killing so many people in the name of glorious goals, I wonder whether humans are really capable of learning. This film tells such a story that makes some of us think and see the wars differently.

I don't know why so many gay movies portrayed gay people in depressing and decadent mood. This one did it again. I know multiple gays in real life. Unlike the characters in this movie, they are energetic, engaging and full of life. I found it offensive to present them as lonely, sick, idling and unhappy individuals. Please, stop portraying them as outliers of the society.

I understand that some people feel the need to fight for gay rights and perhaps also try to win sympathy from the straight people. However, in societies like Australia, GLBTIQ people are widely accepted as equals, not regarded as special, vulnerable and miserable minorities. The movie makers should be treated as equals among us, not special people needing special treatment. Movies like this one do not make gays more acceptable, but do the opposite by reinforcing the stereotypes that they are different from us.

DiCaprio's acting was very good, portraying a simple, greedy, affectionate and cruel character. Plemons also produced a very good performance, though his character is limited to a stereotypical investigator. Other actors are less impressive, portraying only single dimensional characters, like a cunning uncle, a loyal wife or a cold blooded brother.

The movie was shot in slow pace deliberately, not sure if this helped in creating the 1920's feel. It took me a long time to warm up and figure out what the story is about. The movie showed Osage people living like British upper class and the ordinary white people worked as chauffeurs and servants, acting respectfully around them. I don't know if this was true, given the systemic racism and persecutions against the coloured people in the US at the time.

Some of the minor details are also unrealistic. The street of a small town was as vibrant, busy and tidy as New York City. The 1920's motor vehicle run so smoothly and quietly on dirt road like Toyota Camry on bitumen, and house indoor settings, furniture and even door knobs were so refined like those in 1970s. Oklahoma's Rural areas only started to have electricity in mid 1930s, but halfway through the movie, candles were replaced with generous electric bulbs, even covering entire streets.

The movie presented itself as a serious production about Osage Indian Murders. However there are so many things that just don't feel right. Has COVID caused such drop in movie quality in Hollywood?