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Gemma Jones ran away with this film as the TB-ridden gaga mother of our protagonist Halder (Viggo Mortensen); She is the touchstone poster-child for the T4 programme of the late '30s in the Third Reich. I've never seen acting that captured... Full review

I watched this film expecting little. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find the film educational and interesting throughout. It paints a picture of the 'Jewish Question' and events leading up to it, focusing on a few characters to give it... Full review

"Good" is a film made in 2008 by the Brazilian director Vicente Amorim, with Viggo Mortensen and Jason Isaacs in the main roles. The film tells us the story of John Halder (Mortensen), a literature professor, honest and devoted to his... Full review

Watching this movie has been a fascinating experience, and at the same time I understand why so many people seem to hate it. It has little to no action, an ensemble of seemingly boring characters, and after all, what haven't we... Full review

Viggo Mortensen (as John Halder) manages a fairly believable character because he gets enough screen time. Unfortunately this is not true for the rest of the characters, who rarely seem more than two-dimensional. Despite the obvious talents of Jason Isaacs, Mark... Full review

It has occurred to me in the past few years that many film-goers and critics have become weary of the ever-depicted Holocaust film. This topic-- though important never to forget-- has been abused again and again in the film industry, especially... Full review

Well, i've read a lot of things about this movie - and some of them just don't seem right. First of all, it's obviously a Third Reich movie, but it has an unique feature - by showing the acts of a... Full review

Germany's Third Reich didn't last its planned thousand years but there seems little doubt that they will be making movies like Good for that long. It's certainly a winning genre at the Oscars and the box office. The key word for... Full review

An extremely poor attempt to memorialize Hitler's Germany. Total waste of time and money to sit through two hours of boring torchur. I am highly disappointed at Vigo Mortensen, for even taking on the job. It's not like he needs the... Full review

First I feel it is necessary to tell you that I saw this movie from the second row of an auditorium-like theater...20 minutes after a double scotch...and meeting Viggo Mortensen (an absolutely divine,although, disconcerting experience that never gets old). Another reason,... Full review

Despite a strong performance by Viggo Mortensen and a tangible melancholy mood that reflects his character's inner conflict, the result is a disappointing....the film suffers badly from a dose of 'Englishness' in which, not only do all the characters speak with a pronounced English accent....Jodie Whittaker is seductive but morally compromised as the student whose pragmatism hides a sly admiration for the new Germany.....For all its provocative themes, Good is not as good as I'd have liked, faltering in dra ... Full Review

These are glimmers of another, better film..... ... Full Review

Mortensen overplays his meekness.... ... Full Review

Mortensen wears it well, but this feels like very old hat.....he's completely credible where the film is not.....In fairness, Halder's squirming when his Jewish friend Maurice (Jason Isaacs) needs an exit visa is nicely observed by both actors.... ... Full Review

In fairness, Halder's squirming when his Jewish friend Maurice (Jason Isaacs) needs an exit visa is nicely observed by both actors....he's completely credible where the film is not.....Mortensen wears it well, but this feels like very old hat..... ... Full Review

DVD review: Good (Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 15, ?15.99) By LARUSHKA IVAN-ZADEH - Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Viggo Mortensen stars in Good He's initially just about engaging as John, a scatty professor and mildly neglectful family man with an interest... ... Full Article

Good news for those unable to wait three years for their next instalment of elves, wizards and orcs. JRR Tolkien 's Middle-earth returns to the screen today thanks to some proactive fans filling the breach until The Hobbit's release in... ... Full Article

Based on the play by CP Taylor, Good is a moral drama set in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Viggo Mortensen breaks with his "real man" roles of late by playing John Halder, a German professor of literature whose novel... ... Full Article

Viggo Mortensen's starring role in his new film Good is being hailed by its distributors as an extraordinary change of pace - a fact that makes him sigh resignedly. ... Full Article

Blinkered: Viggo Mortensen shades his eyes from the reality of Nazi Germany Would you be flattered into submission like John Halder ( Viggo Mortensen ), who, in doing a small favour to avoid trouble in Hitler's Reich, found himself wading... ... Full Article

Mortensen sensitively portrays a 'good Nazi' in scholar John Halder who reluctantly accepts times are changing, but becomes seduced by the Party's perks to his detriment. ... Full Article