The Hunting Party, a misguided espionage spoof directed by Richard Shepard, needlessly insists on the veracity of its plot— -- and that tactic leads to its undoing.
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09/13/07
The Hunting Party (2007)
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Reviews Counted:86
Fresh:45
Rotten:41
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: The Hunting Party is tonally awkward: its shifts from dark satire to serious political thriller create an uneven film, despite best efforts from its game leads.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: On the fifth anniversary of the end of the civil war in Bosnia, former hot-shot reporter Simon Hunt (Richard Gere) mysteriously shows up, five years after imploding on live television and... [More]
Starring: Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Kruger
Director: Richard Shepard
Reviews for The Hunting Party
"The Hunting Party" is a would-be political satire that paints itself into a corner before leaving a trail of unsightly footprints.
09/13/07
The movie is more concerned with mounting big screen infotainment and sidebar issues like the lure of 'that adrenalin rush and nonstop erection of fear and war,' than making sense of the confounding stage of world history.
09/13/07
A Wild Hog dumps the motorcycle and goes hunting for a war criminal.
09/12/07
The whole is reasonably diverting, but on the other hand not very special.
09/12/07
Gere and Howard elevate a reality-based thriller into a dynamic character study.
09/10/07
The strength of The Hunting Party is its shaggy-dog quality.
09/07/07
A dismal misfire that attempts to make black comedy out of the adventures of war correspondents and the dirty business of international politics.
09/07/07
The quest might be ridiculous with a different cast of characters, but with these three, it is a delight following them on their impossible journey.
09/07/07
Although Gere and Howard's characters are invented, they feel the truest of all. They are often more foolhardy than courageous, less brave than simply stubborn. They are not real heroes, in the classic sense. But they are simply real.
09/07/07
The film comes off more like a drunken recollection by a war correspondent than something that might actually have happened.
09/07/07
The opening credit disclaimer for writer-director Richard Shepard's The Hunting Party -- 'Only the most ridiculous parts of this story are true' -- didn't help me much. Everything about this political thriller is ridiculous.
09/07/07
The biggest problem with the movie is the tone, which is by turns preachy, silly, mawkish and dark.
09/07/07
Top CriticThe Hunting Party looks chillingly authentic. But it also feels too much like it's all over the map.
09/07/07
The Hunting Party is a misfired, misguided would-be satire set in postwar Bosnia.
09/07/07
Top CriticA fast-paced, smart and exciting black comedy that is a wild trip, a nifty mixture of acerbic wit and suspense that would totally absurd if its most incredible parts didn't happen to be true.
09/07/07
Shepard insists that we feel Simon's pain and empathize with his righteous indignation, as though The Hunting Party were a morality tale or revenge play. It's not, and there's the rub.
09/07/07
Tons of fun and definitely worth the price of admission.
09/07/07
The Hunting Party is not a serious film but it handles serious material deftly.
09/06/07
Compared to a great war zone movie about reporters such as Under Fire, The Hunting Party is thin stuff.
09/06/07
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