Munich (2005)
81%RT Audience Score: 83%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Munich can’t quite achieve its lofty goals, but this thrilling, politically even-handed look at the fallout from an intractable political conflict is still well worth watching
Munich is a movie that will make you feel like you’re on a rollercoaster ride of emotions. Eric Bana’s performance is so good, it’s like he’s not even acting. Spielberg’s direction is top-notch, and the story is both thrilling and thought-provoking. It’s a movie that will make you question your beliefs and leave you with a lot to think about. Plus, it’s got enough action to keep you on the edge of your seat. Overall, Munich is a must-watch for anyone who loves a good political thriller.
Production Company(ies)
Big Beach Films, Tencent Pictures, Tri Star Pictures,
Distributor
DreamWorks SKG
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for some strong language, thematic elements, smoking and brief violence
Year of Release
2005
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Atmos
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2h 44m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jan 6, 2006 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 9, 2006
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Geoffrey Rush, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Tony Kushner, Charles Randolph, Eric Roth, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Zadie Smith, Victoria Segal, Noel Murray, Keith Uhlich, Ian Nathan, Paul Arendt, David Walsh, Danielle Solzman, Leigh Paatsch, David Lamble, Mattie Lucas, R MPAA rating, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, terrorism, revenge, morality, assassination, political thriller, DreamWorks SKG, produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel, Steven Spielberg, Colin Wilson
Worldwide gross: $130,982,129
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: $47,403,685
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
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US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Daniel Craig – Steve
Geoffrey Rush – Ephraim
Ciarán Hinds – Carl
Mathieu Kassovitz – Robert
Hanns Zischler – Hans
Director(s)
Steven Spielberg
Writer(s)
Tony Kushner, Charles Randolph, Eric Roth
Producer(s)
Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel, Steven Spielberg, Colin Wilson
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (209) | Top Critics (52) | Fresh (163) | Rotten (46)
Eric Bana gives a performance that deserves something more serious than an Oscar. It’s a sublimely convincing portrayal of a man who is travelling far from who he is in order to defend who he is.
February 12, 2020
Zadie Smith
Daily Telegraph (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Munich’s passion is clear, its intention good, the skill behind it immense; there is something brave about its decision to take politics into the multiplex.
September 26, 2017
Victoria Segal
New Statesman
TOP CRITIC
Munich is more measured and classy than Spielberg’s action-adventures.
February 23, 2015 | Rating: 4/5
Noel Murray
The Dissolve
TOP CRITIC
Let us start from the dual positions that sex can (potentially) bring us closer to God and that cinema, in and of itself, is a holy medium given to the transcendent.
August 16, 2006 | Rating: 4/4
Keith Uhlich
Reverse Shot
TOP CRITIC
Steven Spielberg’s most difficult film.
April 1, 2006 | Rating: 5/5
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
It’s certainly the best mainstream thriller since The Insider, and an audacious political statement from a director who has everything to lose. Don’t miss it.
January 31, 2006 | Rating: 5/5
Paul Arendt
BBC.com
TOP CRITIC
It strikes me as an honest, relatively complicated and humane effort-in many ways, quite remarkable-and one that provides little comfort for defenders of the status quo, in Israel or elsewhere.
February 14, 2021
David Walsh
World Socialist Web Site
When one takes into account what Steven Spielberg is looking to accomplish in the film, Munich is a a great piece of cinema.
December 24, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
Danielle Solzman
Solzy at the Movies
A daft and directionless thriller from Steven Spielberg, cynically hijacking Israeli-Palestinian tensions to fuel the engine of an over-heated action vehicle.
May 15, 2020 | Rating: 1.5/5
Leigh Paatsch
Herald Sun (Australia)
Tony Kushner’s story will upset every tidy theory about the origins of terrorism.
May 7, 2020
David Lamble
Bay Area Reporter
A dark, unflinching portrait of moral ambiguity, as Spielberg abandons the saccharine sentimentality that has dogged most of his cinematic output of late.
June 5, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4
Mattie Lucas
The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
Munich is a film that not only needed to be made, but one that could only be made by Steven Spielberg.
February 4, 2019
Zaki Hasan
Zaki’s Corner…
Plot
Based on the international bestseller by Robert Harris. It is Autumn 1938 and Europe stands on the brink of war. Adolf Hitler is preparing to invade Czechoslovakia and Neville Chamberlain’s government desperately seeks a peaceful solution. With the pressure building, Hugh Legat, British civil servant, and Paul von Hartmann, German diplomat, travel to Munich for the emergency Conference. As negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves at the center of a web of political subterfuge and very real danger.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels praises Eric Bana’s “sublimely convincing portrayal” of Avner Kaufman in Munich.
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