'Valkyrie' web reviews

Tom Cruise returns to the big screen in Bryan Singer's "Valkyrie," a WWII drama about a group of soliders plotting to assassinate Hitler. Here's what some online critics have to say about it:

• Cinematical's Scott Weinberg: "I say it's worth seeing for its irresistible ensemble of character actors, a handful of really well-crafted sequences, and a truth-based story that simply deserves to be repeated."

• CinemaBlend's Katey Rich: "But what keeps Valkyrie so light on its feet is an appreciation for history, not slavish devotion, so that timelines can be condensed and characters excised with the basic, thrilling story intact at its center."

• Matt Goldberg at Collider: "But without characters or themes, it's just a soulless History Channel documentary with killer production values."

• Ron Henriques at LatinoReview: "A major flaw in the story is that although this group of anti-Hitler radicals seem dedicated in stopping evil, they are too clean cut."

• Kevin Carr at FilmSchoolRejects: "It’s really Tom Cruise who held this movie back."

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Tom Cruise may be a nutcase, but this movie is excellent.