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Georgetown

2019

Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz, Vanessa Redgrave, Annette Bening, Corey Hawkins ...

5.4

1,219

Drama Ulrich Mott (Christoph Waltz) is an eccentric and versatile social climber with grandiose plans to affect United States foreign policy. He is encouraged and egged on in his attempts by his strategically chosen (and much older) wife, the well-connected journalist Elsa Brecht (Vanessa Redgrave). Mott has a knack for making himself indispensable and impossible to ignore whether it is as an intern, the perfect host, or a Brigadier General ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Debruge Variety	"The story is consistently outrageous enough to keep us guessing (...) Waltz’s performance grows tiresome."
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Immediately enters the pantheon of films about in-too-deep fabulists (...) It's the kind of serious but broadly appealing, modestly scaled picture that people love to say doesn't exist any more."
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"The way that the film resolves — or doesn’t — leaves the distinct impression that Waltz simply ran out of interest in this story, which would be an explanation as understandable as it is frustrating."
		Oleg Ivanov Slant	"It’s an occasionally amusing and insightful beltway satire that’s ultimately undone by its conventional mise-en-scène and predictable plot (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"A flat, amateurish drama (...) The film looks cheap and feels bland (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"Stylish directing debut from Christoph Waltz (...) A well-made, briskly paced, intriguing story (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Hoai-Tran Bui SlashFilm	"It’s a vaguely interesting premise that the audience slowly loses interest in as Waltz takes a painstaking amount of time establishing who Ulrich is"
		Nell Minow rogerebert.com	"'Georgetown' is better at capturing the details of Washington culture than it is in creating equally authentic characters (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Rex Reed The New York Observer	"A complex, mostly satisfying and always intriguing menu of political expose, social satire and murder mystery"
		Calum Marsh The New York Times	"Waltz is a pleasure to watch (...) Although there are flashes of stylistic ambition (...) on the whole the action feels stilted and the drama insubstantial."
		John Serba Decider	"Waltz’s performance isn’t on par with his Oscar-winning roles, but it’s good enough to warrant a watch as long as we keep our expectations modest."

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