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Title: Almost.... but all too corny in the end.
Review: This movie had a chance to be great. It took a subject of great importance and potential interest and threw in enough cornball lines (especially the goofy and uncomfortable ending "Swing Heil! ") to put off anyone with half a brain.Robert Sean Leonard and Frank Whaley are good as usual, especially Whaley, but the dialogue is just too cheesy for any actor to pull off. Kenneth Branagh, who did well to keep his name off of the credits of this one, is also excellent as the official who lures Leonard into the Hitler Youth. This movie is also a good chance for people to see pre-ER Noah Wylie do a decent job with an odd role.All told, this movie was not nearly as good as it could have been. With better dialogue and more action, it really could have been a very good movie. Unfortunately, though, it gets lost in stupid lines/song quotes at the most inopportune times. See it, but don't get your hopes up too high.
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