"Nuremberg: Old-fashioned storytelling that spotlights an important historical event and also serves as a needed reminder to not let history repeat itself might be considered passe in some quarters. But there is a welcome space for intelligent, epic filmmaking that entertains and sounds a warning bell. James Vanderbilt's World War II-era film does both quite capably. Based on Jack El-Hai's book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, Nuremberg concentrates on the interactions between confident Army psychiatrist Lt. Col. Douglas Kelley"
"Kelley, who has numerous Bay Area ties as director of the San Francisco Psychopathic Hospital and later a UC Berkeley teacher and criminologist for the Berkeley Police, is tasked with determining whether Goring, who vigorously claims he knew nothing about the genocide, is mentally fit to stand trial. The conversations between these men anchor the film and give Crowe an opportunity to show how compelling he can be as an actor when given the right role."
Nuremberg employs old-fashioned, intelligent epic filmmaking to dramatize the Nuremberg trials and warn against repeating history. James Vanderbilt adapts Jack El-Hai’s book to center on Army psychiatrist Lt. Col. Douglas Kelley and his interactions with Hermann Goring. The film frames the dramatization around Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson’s effort to assemble Nazi leaders and prosecute the extermination of six million Jews. Russell Crowe delivers a compelling portrayal of Goring while Rami Malek sometimes overplays Kelley’s reactions as Kelley recognizes the manipulative evil he faces. A haunting final trial sequence uses archival camp images to underscore fascism’s horrors, and supporting performances add depth.
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