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I confess. The only reason I saw this movie in the theater was my prurient interest in seeing the movie that broke up Brad Pitt’s marriage with Angelina Jolie. I ended up really liking the movie, and despite what Rotten Tomatoes believes (what do they know, anyway?), I think it is a really good — not great, but good — movie. Some people may dismiss the movie simply as a romance movie. Yes, there is romance, and some of the scenes are very intimate, tastefully and expertly done, and surely added fuel to the fire to rumors of an off-screen romance between Pitt and Cotillard. I will let the viewer judge whether anything really happened, but the on-screen chemistry between the principals is very convincingly done. Aside from that, the movie has plenty more. It is a war movie, for beginners, and the action sequences are thrilling. It shows the slimy Nazis, the equally slimy French collaborators, it shows the brave French Resistence. It is a political thriller, it has suspense, it has drama, it has humor. There is a little bit for any taste or interest. It is immensely entertaining. Director Zemeckas’ attention for detail in war-time Casablanca and England was impeccable. The acting by Pitt, Cottillard and the supporting cast was consistently strong and expert. I questioned whether the movie deserved four or five stars. I gave it five if not for the entertainment and production values.