This is the worst film about the Holocaust that I have ever seen. It manages to misrepresent every detail large or small about Nazi Germany. From the effete way most of the Germans say "Heil Hitler" (which would have earned any Nazi a severe reprimand or even a visit with a firing squad) to the characterization of Hitler as the stooge Moe minus his wit.
Tarantino trots out one Hollywood cliche after another. He seems to feel that enough pseudo violence (the scalping scenes are badly done and disparaging of North American First Nations) and bad accents makes up for lack of depth in the characters and quality in the screen play. Every joke is telegraphed well in advance and lands as flat as a pancake.
It is extremely disrespectful to the more than twenty thousand Jewish partisans who risked their lives to fight the Nazis. Every one of their actions was taken in knowledge that there would be severe reprisals. The Bielski Brigade in Belarus - Defiance 2008- quickly learned that revenge killings endangered their group and served no tactical advantage.
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