It's a study in semisimilitude, more Google-Earthly than grounded in feelings.
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10/10/08
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
The plot occasionally becomes convoluted and murky, but when it trains its focus on matters of treachery and intrigue, Body of Lies is exciting and compelling.
10/10/08
The result isn't a lecture about American foreign policy, but a smartly updated old-fashioned espionage thriller.
10/10/08
Body of Lies is more than anything a missed opportunity -- or perhaps, given its cellular phoniness, a series of missed connections.
10/10/08
The world of Body of Lies should feel chaotic and dangerous. But Scott's camera, smoothly gliding across one stately image after another, keeps assuring us everything is fine.
10/10/08
I'm still waiting for the war-on-terror thriller that has more on its mind than the threat al-Qaida poses to movie stars.
10/10/08
DiCaprio bleeds and curses and emotes all over the desert, but the movie he inhabits seems cold, like a clockwork mechanism...
10/10/08
It's a Mideast thriller pulsing with suspense, shootouts, explosions, flashy movie-star performances and the kind of evocative atmosphere that has made director Ridley Scott famous.
10/10/08
This makes for a movie experience in which the viewer sits patiently for about 45 minutes waiting for the story to kick in, only to realize, oh. So this is it.
10/10/08
Body of Lies is excessively intricate and extremely dull, the latest example of a filmmaker giving us a disjointed, overlong movie that’s unnecessarily confusing to follow.
10/10/08
Like Blade Runner, the film reminds us of the corrupting nature of power, and how those who look down on others often fail to understand the consequences of their actions.
10/10/08
Though Body of Lies hews a bit too closely to convention, it still engages throughout thanks to DiCaprio and director Scott.
10/10/08
For those who care about there being more to a thriller than pointless car chases and over-edited fight sequences, Body of Lies offers a satisfying dose of truth.
10/10/08
"Body of Lies" is an intelligent geopolitical thriller that ... is really about the manipulation of people like chess pieces on a worldwide board.
10/10/08
Body of Lies moves so fast you don't notice its oddball structure.
10/10/08
Body of Lies is a riddle wrapped in an enigma served with a side of mystery meat. It's very watchable, with some entertaining action beats, kind of a Syriania as scripted by Tom Clancy, a The Kingdom with a little less C.S.I.
10/10/08
It's a well-crafted, suspenseful effort that at least tries to appear intelligent and aware.
10/10/08
It's a little bit of Syriana, a lot of Traitor -- and an awful lot of scenes of people cursing into cell phones.
10/10/08
Body of Lies is being hailed in some quarters as a 'new' kind of war thriller. While this glitzy production may attract audiences suffering from battle fatigue, it's nothing of the sort.
10/10/08
The movie isn’t witty or memorable, but it keeps you on edge, and it’s the first war-on-terror film to weave its anti-U.S. politics so deeply into the narrative that the characters don’t need to speechify.
10/10/08
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