Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

aaaaaaavril Yes, this film is probably one of the best love stories out there. Where should I start? These types of films that deal with WW2 tend to have similar pessimistic vibes (which I like), but this one has incredibly unique atmosphere towards the end,which DOES give you some sense of sadness BUT at the same time, you feel this hopeness and positivities. I really like the fact that the story is based on the actual story during the time between the two women and I didn't know that until I saw the ending so I wasn't expecting this beautiful story did actually happen.I am not sure if the part at the nursing home where Lilly and IIsa see each other again actually happened or not, but regardless, I appreciate the part in the film and how it ended.Also I liked the last scene that goes back to the past where the ladies are partying . This part gives us the message that nothing stays the same and you must live now at the very moment, this leaves us a really good sense of hope after all.Great work.

Murray Morison This is an exceptional film.The setting is (mainly) Berlin in 1944, with some flash forward to the late 1990's. It is a story about love in a time of war, with the complication that it is lesbian love and 'Jaguar' in the film is a Jewish woman, passing herself off as Aryan and surviving by being a secretary for the editor of a Nazi Newspaper, and keeping close to officers in the military.The acting by the two lead women is quite exceptional, capturing the great contrast between their personalities and revealing a relationship that is entirely believable.The sets, scenes and costumes are authentic and create the era really well; the camera work is excellent. The sense of menace, just somewhere off the screen, is well established and provides one of the real tensions of the film. This is a love story but it is also a story of courage and humanity. Well worth watching.

yw40 I just finished the movie - towards the end, I became to know it would be one of the best movies I have seen. There is love, life, youth, passion, courage, pain and hatred. What inspired me is that even if Lily and Felice did not spend a lot of time together, and that their love had ups and downs, as long as they were truly in love once, that love lasted for a life time - long after one was gone. Even with the one you loved the most, there was contradiction and conflict. The most important thing is you love each other. When one is dead, part of the other is dead too.I was also very impressed by Felice's strength. When her friend was shot dead in the street, she kept walking away even if she wanted to cry. She brought life to others in the short moments she enjoyed with them. She was like the light in the dark. A person like her would long be remembered. But she was also vulnerable. Somebody said that the vulnerable part of a great person makes the person great. And Felice was like that. She did not feel safe. But she carried on with her belief. She had fear. But she lived her life full. And that is very thought-provoking to me.In general, I like the movie very much. Doesn't it tell something about German as a nation for the fact that a German movie tells the story of Jewish being slaughtered in WWII? I thought that was brave.

writers_reign There's a great new Billy Wilder movie out with all the hallmarks of Wilder at his blackest/drollest: Berlin, 1943/44. Lilly's husband is somewhere on the Eastern Front leaving her free to 'entertain' a succession of gentlemen callers in the afternoons and using the cash she makes to buy things for her four children. Somehow, though, that 'ol' upper-case Love keeps eluding her. Maybe she'll find it in the arms of Felice; by day an intrepid reporter, by night an activist in the underground - as in Resistance as opposed to U-bahn. Oh, yes, in a typical Wilder twist Felice is also slightly Jewish. There's only one problem. Billy Wilder has gone to the big sound stage in the sky and Max Faberbock wouldn't make even Clapper-Loader on a Wilder set. I'm aware of the glowing notices on this very board but somehow I can't share them. Where they see fantastic acting I see competent; where they see brilliant period detail I see cardboard cut outs. Maybe I'm hard to please.Yes, come to think of it I AM.