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02/27/09
Body of Lies (2008)
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Reviews Counted:188
Fresh:96
Rotten:92
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Body of Lies relies on the performances of Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio to elevate it beyond the conventional espionage thriller.
Theatrical Release:21-11-2008
Synopsis: Leonardo DiCaprio fights terrorists for the CIA in this rapid-fire thriller from director Ridley Scott (GLADIATOR, BLACK HAWK DOWN). While Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) gets his hands dirty on the... [More]
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani
Director: Ridley Scott
Reviews for Body of Lies
For those of us who want movies to be about something and not just empty action with minimal shallow 'moral of the story' tacked on, Body of Lies is a disappointment.
02/15/09
...better than a lot of the post 9/11 espionage films that Hollywood has made.
02/12/09
If you're going to have a mall-ready entertainment about the war on terror, you might as well have this one. [Blu-ray]
02/11/09
When Russell Crowe gives a lackluster performance, you know how meager a year it's been at the movies. In Body of Lies, Crowe is bogged down in a thankless role in a thankless movie.
02/01/09
Básicamente un buen film de entretenimiento sobre un tema "serio" como el combate al terrorismo, armado de manera eficaz aunque superficial.
12/15/08
Como diversão, Rede de Mentiras merece aplausos. Isto não impedirá, claro, que ele seja relegado ao esquecimento completo dentro de poucos anos.
11/28/08
Better than the vast majority of the post-9/11 terrorist yarns, Body of Lies is both more ambiguous and ambitious than such heavy-handed duds as Rendition and Redacted.
11/26/08
Body of Lies proves as generic as its title.
11/12/08
Good solid far-fetched multiplex action-adventure fare in the Bondian mode, with awe-inspiring technology and just enough moral philosophizing laced through it to give the mind a little something to chew on.
11/10/08
Just because it's really dense and layered doesn’t mean it’s good.
11/10/08
A complicated movie about the war on terror with two terrific performances and a terrific director.
11/10/08
Perfectly workmanlike, unimpeachably prestige-y, achingly contemporary, and a near-complete failure as revelation
11/09/08
Characters act and react with inexplicable intents and the story evolves in a manner that defies linear or random templates and certainly anything that might keep us engaged emotionally or psychologically.
10/29/08
Thanks to its high-talent pro lineup, Body of Lies passes the time well, even if it doesn't necessarily enrich it.
10/29/08
Like Alec Baldwin, Russell Crowe is way more fun to watch when he's fat.
10/29/08
A timely game of cat and mouse that benefits from the performances by its two leads.
10/28/08
Body of Lies grants Ferris the usual moral rightness -- even as he's committing questionable acts, he means well.
10/27/08
The macho swagger of these US espionage interlopers around the planet has all the finesse of a wrestling ring, while imperialism is made to come off as really sexy. Body Of Lies: An Amman Gangster.
10/25/08
Ridley Scott delivers an involving if sometimes meandering spy thriller and gets in some choice digs about the paralyzed state of American intelligence in the post-9/11 age.
10/24/08
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