A polished and large-scale production with some rousing action sequences, the movie is certainly watchable, though no one's going to call this exciting filmmaking.

The Euro-cultural tradition of canonizing Nazi resisters has met few candidates as challenging as Max Manus, a Norwegian saboteur and key member of the ragtag-guerilla Oslo Gang.

Has an old-fashioned sincerity that entertains without engaging.

Enthalling and action-packed, it's understandably Norway's most successful film so far.