Mu husband and I saw it tonight and we both agree with you. I was pleasantly surprised by Tom Cruise’s performance, I personally think he is over-rated as an actor and spends most of his movies smiling his way through them. Not this one though!
I actually like Tom Cruise as an actor. I thought he was terrific in flicks like Rainman and Jerry McGuire. His religion is a tad "out there" for my taste, but whatever.
I thought that the film is a real contribution to the education of our dumbed-down kids. My daughter actually whispered to me halfway through "he doesn't succeed, does he?"
Yikes.
So it's good to bring this up.
As to the reviewer's concerns about it being a "Nazi apologia" - that's just silly. The film is a pean to a group of very brave men who tried to kill Hitler. What's not to like?
Had they succeeded and managed to depose the SS, millions of lives would have been saved. Maybe Warsaw could have been spared, who knows?