With her frameless glasses, resplendent cheekbones, delicate accent and increasingly mysterious motives, Kidman is a leading lady near and dear to Hitchcock’s heart.
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04/21/05
The Interpreter (2005)
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Reviews Counted:185
Fresh:107
Rotten:78
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: A polished and intelligent thriller, though marred by plot implausibilities.
Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins
Genre: Thriller
Synopsis: Director Sidney Pollack's diverse career sees him returning to familiar ground with THE INTERPRETER. Crafted from the same mould that saw Pollack produce the superlative political thriller THREE... [More]
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen
Director: Sydney Pollack
Reviews for The Interpreter
121 - 140 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
A second-rate morality play, with red herrings and MacGuffins shoring up a tower of Babel. Do yourself a favor and rent Death and the Maiden instead.
04/21/05
A professional piece of Hollywood diversion, asking for credibility in its straightforward-delivered themes and given credibility by its stars.
04/21/05
enthralling thriller with lots of twists and turns that keep you guessing until the end as the tension and drama rise.
04/21/05
The Interpreter is a smartly mounted thriller that seizes the moment it hits the screen, and takes the audience for quite a sharp, taut ride.
04/21/05
A well-paced thriller, even if the Hitchcockian plot is glaringly thin and fails the sniff test.
04/21/05
Pollack thinks six moves ahead and distracts us with further intensity before unveiling his masterful rendezvous with all the major players and a city bus.
04/21/05
Helmer Sydney Pollack, invoking his CIA thriller Three Days of the Condor, deftly builds tension, particularly during climactic action sequences.
04/21/05
Like much of director Sydney Pollack's work, its brilliance is more compositional than soulful.
04/21/05
A watchable, if not always absorbing thriller, thanks to sheer star power and top directing talent.
04/21/05
This unmemorable thriller has been gussied up real pretty-like with prestigious actors and intelligent dialogue, and darn if it doesn't make a world of difference.
04/21/05
Imagine Penn forlornly scouring Iraq in search of WMDs and you'll get a sense for his approach to playing his Secret Service agent
04/21/05
What I admire most about the film is the way it enters the terms of this world -- of international politics, security procedures, shifting motives -- and observes the details of all-night stakeouts, shop talk, and interlocking motives and strategies.
04/21/05
Top CriticWith few exceptions, one might get the impression that Penn and Kidman were never on the set at the same time.
04/21/05
A respectable effort that benefits tremendously from strong performances by Kidman and Penn.
04/21/05
Not much of the script makes sense and Pollack's mushy direction fails to heighten the movie's few thrills.
04/21/05
A good film that would very much like to be better, but that was not to be.
04/21/05
Top CriticNo doubt there have been more intriguing tales played out in its halls than the passable whodunit the movie provides, but this one does have its moments
04/21/05
An elegant entertainment of the old school, and a solid vehicle for its stars made with the intelligence, glossy production values and classic filmmaking technique that characterizes Pollack at his finest.
04/21/05
As always, Pollack's polished professionalism reps a significant pleasure in itself, and the presence of the U.N. front-and-center is a spectacle to behold.
04/21/05
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