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what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is not intended to a review, as I feel there are many well-written and insightful reviews already. My only comment is that I am extremely disappointed at the end, when the film titles inform us of what happened to each Wannssee Conference participant after the war. It is my belief that each and every participant was a member of a conspiracy to commit crimes against humanity as defined in the Nuremberg charter, and each, without exception, should have been charged and tried on that basis. As we see, many lived to a ripe and prosperous old age, never having to face any consequences for their role in devising, implementing, and approving the plan to murder 6 million Jews. Great movie, bad reality.

This is an important film, if only because of its extremely rare subject matter, the single meeting leading to the extermination of all the Jews of Europe. I was completely unaware of such a secret meeting, held in Berlin without even the physical presence of Hitler himself. This powerful film belongs to its central star, Kenneth Branagh, who commands the proceedings with the actual gravitas of a true Nazi general. In a word, his performance was both simultaneously charming, and pathologically serious, all in one, irresistible package. He was riveting. Although the role of Adolf Eichman, portrayed by a solid Stanley Tucci (particularly in one memorable speech) was effective, alas, most all of the supporting cast of movie Nazis (all English performers, as always), they were all there, clearly, to support Branagh's standout performance and character.

Most people believe they know what evil looks like. It's dirty, rotten, unkempt, and generally unpleasant, located in surroundings that are equally repugnant. However, in the winter of 1942, men of true evil met in pristine, gorgeous surroundings. They eat fabulous food, take in the breath taking surroundings of an old mansion and go about their business leisurely. They are well groomed, seemingly normal people. They were meeting to plan one of the greatest atrocities of the twentieth century the Holocaust. And they did it with a smile and barely a hint of remorse. Conspiracy is a film produced by and originally broadcast on HBO in 2001, but it is the equal, and often the superior, of many theatrical films from that largely lackluster year, a chilling and fascinating look at the "banality of evil," as a commentator once described it. The conference was chaired by General Reinhard Heydrich (Kenneth Branagh), a high ranking member of the SS, and he was assisted by Colonel Adolph Eichmann (Stanley Tucci), a man infamous for escaping capture by the Allies at the end of World War II. The conference was brief, only two hours, but in that time, these men would decide the fate of six million Jews and other ethnic groups. The main problem with this film is that the acting was just awful i can't even explain how bad the actors were. The next question is whether this was factual and i don't think it was unless the film was lying when they stop the note taker at times and not allowing people to listen to the taps of the conference and destroying them. But I still think that the movie was very good and if it was factual then it is truly disgraceful

The film conspiracy written and directed by Loring Mandel, in my opinion is a very interesting and a creative interpretation of an event where nobody but the 15 leading Nazis know what fully happened or what was exactly said around the conference table. The Wannsee Conference which was held on 20th January 1942 it was headed by Reinhard Heydrich; Himmler's second in command of the SS. The way the actor Kenneth Branagh played Heydrich was brilliant, you almost think he is Heydrich and the way he adopted the role to inform the viewer helps to show off Kenneth's ability to act. The film shows the confusing nature of the Nazi state and the competition within it. The members around the table are all competing with each other in a way that means they seem to be fighting with each other rather than actually achieving what they set out to do; which was deciding what should happen to the Jewish population. The main disagreements are over how the Jewish population should be treated; should they be deported, sterilised or exterminated. Those that failed to fully agree, like the character Colin Firth players are persuaded and almost threatened by Heydrich. The minutes of the meeting are known to have been kept a secret and eventually destroyed but the Final Solution is a topic that is known to be discussed at the conference. The stark reality that 15 leading Nazis made the decision of how the coordination and implementation of the final solution should take place and how the Wannsee Conference resulted in the majority of the Jewish population being systematically killed is shocking and very thought provoking.