[Screen It]

 

"AMSTERDAM"
(2022) (Christian Bale, John David Washington) (R)


At-A-Glace Content Summary

Alcohol/Drugs Heavy
Blood/Gross Stuff Extreme
Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Extreme
Frightening/Tense Scenes Moderate
Gun/Weapons Heavy
Imitative Behavior Minor
Jump Scenes Moderate
Music (Scary/Tense) Mild
Music (Inappropriate) None
Profanity Heavy
Sex/Nudity Mild
Smoking Mild
Tense Family Scenes Extreme
Topics to Talk About Extreme
Violence Heavy


QUICK TAKE:
Dramedy: Two 1930s-era friends uncover a nefarious plot while trying to clear their names as suspects in a murder they didn't commit.
PLOT:

It's 1933 and doctor Burt Berendsen (CHRISTIAN BALE) and lawyer Harold Woodman (JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON) are best friends who met in Europe in WWI when Burt was tasked with leading an all-black soldier unit that included Harold and Milton King (CHRIS ROCK) among others.

Burt and Harold ended up badly wounded in the war and were nursed back to health by Valerie Voze (MARGOT ROBBIE), with the three then forming a sort of three musketeers bond while relaxing in Amsterdam with the help of American spy Henry Norcross (MICHAEL SHANNON) and British spy Paul Canterbury (MIKE MYERS).

But Burt felt the need to return to the States to his wife, Beatrice (ANDREA RISEBOROUGH), who was horrified by his scarred appearance, while her upper-crust father didn't approve of him helping lowercase veterans in their neighborhood.

Now Burt continues aiding those people -- specifically with their chronic pain -- but gets a different request for help when Liz Meekins (TAYLOR SWIFT) shows up and wants him and medical examiner nurse Irma St. Clair (ZOE SALDANA) to perform an emergency autopsy on her general turned senator father. And that's because she believes he's been murdered, and with him having previously led Burt and Harold in battle, they comply.

When Burt and Harold go to give her the results, she's murdered, with the killer pinning blame on them, causing them to go on the run. That makes them the prime suspects in the eyes of detectives Getweiler (MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS) and Hiltz (ALESSANDRO NIVOLA) and thus the friends must set out to clear their names.

As they try to get help from Valerie's rich brother, Tom (RAMI MALEK), and wife, Libby (ANYA TAYLOR-JOY) and General Gil Dillenbeck (ROBERT DE NIRO), they uncover something far more nefarious than they expected.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
Those who are fans of anyone in the huge cast or the director, David O. Russell ("Silver Linings Playbook," "American Hustle"), might be interested.
WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R
For brief violence and bloody images.


That's just the introduction of this review. The full review -- available to our members -- includes summaries of the sex, nudity, profanity, violence and more (15 categories) so you won't be surprised by what you might see or hear in this movie.

We have two options for you:

1) If you're ready to sign for a monthly ($5/month) membership, you can sign up now and get immediate access to this review, others released this week, and thousands of others going back several decades.

We offer a 30-day, money-back guarantee, so you have nothing to lose by signing up. If you're not happy with what we offer, simply contact us and ask for a refund and we'll process that right away.

[Add to Cart]


2) If you want to check out our site first, we invite you to sign up for a FREE 3-day Pass into our Membership Site to our site so that you can finish reading the review as well as take a look at the thousands of other reviews on our site.

No credit card is needed and there's no obligation to continue after the 3 days (although we hope you'll like what you see and then join us as full members).

[Get Your FREE 3-Day Trial Membership]

I have subscribed to ScreenIt for more than a decade. I check in every week to take advantage of their amazing services. Not only does their site provide a glimpse of exactly what content a movie offers, I've found the “Our Take” reviews and ratings for each movie to be right on the money every single time. I've referred dozens of friends to this service because my #1 resource for deciding whether or not to show a movie to my kids, or to see one myself, is ScreenIt.com!

Josh Nisbet
Director, State of CA Public Sector

I signed up to get Screen It weekly reviews a long time ago, when my kids were young and I wanted to know more about movies before we went to a theater or rented. Now one child is in law school, other in undergraduate, and I still read the weekly Screen Its! It helps me know what my husband and I want to see or rent, and what to have waiting at home that we all will enjoy when my "kids" come home. I depend on Screen It reviews. They usually just present the facts and let me decide if the movie is appropriate or of interest for my family and me. Thank you for providing that service, Screen It!

Patti Petree
Winston Salem, NC

I have 4 children who are now in college. I signed up for Screen It when my children were pre-teenagers. Often my children would ask to see a movie with a friend and I wished I could preview the movie prior to giving permission. A friend told me about ScreenIt.com and I found it to be the next best thing to previewing a movie. The amount of violence, sexual content, or language were always concerns for me and my husband as we raised innocent kids with morals. We constantly fought the peer pressure our kids received to see films that in our opinion were questionable. With the evidence we received at Screen It, our kids couldn't even fight us when we felt a film may have been inappropriate for them to watch. Thank you, Screen It. Continue to make this helpful service available to everyone, but especially the young parents.

Christine Doherty
Machesney Park, IL

Screenit.com is an amazing resource for parents, educators, church groups or anyone who wants to make an informed decision whether a movie is suitable for their viewing. The reviews and content descriptions are so detailed I am mystified how the reviewers can put them together.

Scott Heathe
Vancouver, BC

I love screen It! I don't know what I would do without it. It is well worth the membership. Before we take our son to the movies we check it out on screen it first. Thank you SO much for making it. Keep up the good work & keep 'em coming!!!

Patrina Streety
Moreno Valley California

[Get Your FREE 3-Day Trial Membership]

Other new and recent reviews include:

[Around the World in 80 Days] [Family Camp] [Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness]

Privacy Statement and Terms of Use and Disclaimer
By entering this site you acknowledge to having read and agreed to the above conditions.

All Rights Reserved,
©1996-2022 Screen It, Inc.