We aren't given a journey of character, no developmental turning points; we are simply given a portrait of strength.
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06/21/07
A Mighty Heart (2007)
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Reviews Counted:181
Fresh:139
Rotten:42
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Angelina Jolie conveys the full emotional range of a woman in a desperate situation in A Mighty Heart, an urgent yet tactful film about a difficult subject.
Theatrical Release:21-09-2007
Synopsis: Prolific director Michael Winterbottom (24-HOUR PARTY PEOPLE) takes an unusual turn by helming A MIGHTY HEART--a studio picture starring none other than Angelina Jolie. Jolie stars as Mariane... [More]
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Irrfan Khan, Archie Panjabi
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Reviews for A Mighty Heart
121 - 140 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
The film spins its wheels as Winterbottom loses sight of the human element in exchange for a stab at mounting tension that simply isn't there.
06/21/07
It's not easy to make a dramatic, tense movie when many in the audience already know the ending, but director Michael Winterbottom has created one of the most compelling and emotional movies you will see
06/21/07
Angelina Jolie gives her strongest performance as defiant Mariane van Neyenhoff Pearl in 'A Mighty Heart.'
06/21/07
a panicked maelstrom of chases and false leads that all lead to the same murderous finale
06/21/07
Both moving and frighteningly real.
06/21/07
Top CriticEffectively fashioned, as jolting as it is polished, as well as a surprising, insistently political work of commercial art.
06/21/07
Top CriticAs a documentarylike account of one woman's ordeal in the midst of an international media frenzy, the film is visceral, alive and very scary.
06/21/07
A humanist and universal account of events that diminished us all but did not occur in a vacuum.
06/21/07
The immediacy of the setting, heightened by documentary techniques, makes this a chastening film, a portrait of the explosive new world in which we live.
06/21/07
On so many levels, A Mighty Heart is almost as excruciating to write about as it is to watch. It has many of the virtues of a first-rate political thriller, and yet who can think of it in those terms?
06/21/07
The story told here is one of lives shattered and hope restored, vividly encapsulating sacrifice and loss in a world gone mad.
06/21/07
It works very well on its own terms as an examination of hope in our increasingly frightening world.
06/21/07
Jolie is such an expressive actress that there's always a danger she'll overplay the part, but one major misstep aside, she slips into Winterbottom's wide-ranging procedural and asserts herself only when dramatically necessary.
06/21/07
To experience the grief of a death, one must know something of the life, no? That's the assumption of a movie like Silkwood. It is not assumed in A Mighty Heart, which tells us precious little about Mariane and Danny
06/21/07
Angelina Jolie's intelligently tucked-in performance as Mariane avoids grandstanding, receding instead into the intricate tapestry of Michael Winterbottom's tense and authentically relayed film.
06/21/07
As impressive as Jolie's transformation is, the film's real star is director Michael Winterbottom, who never lets the high-profile actress overwhelm his film, which is more of a character piece than a kidnapping drama.
06/21/07
British director Michael Winterbottom tells the story with an intelligence and restraint worthy of the subject.
06/21/07
Detailed and quietly moving.
06/21/07
This docudrama manages to be gripping even though the outcome is no mystery.
06/21/07
Latest News for A Mighty Heart
January 29, 2009:
Screenwriter Set for Ian Fleming Biopic 
"Fleming," the Ian Fleming biopic being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way, has itself a writer: John Orloff, who penned "A Mighty Heart." More...
September 30, 2008:
Trailer & Poster review
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December 21, 2007:
Awards Mania: Spirits, SAGs Get Waivers, Announce Nominations; Uncertainty Surrounds Golden Globes
Just when you think awards season can't get any awards-ier, here come two more sets of nominations! More...
December 14, 2007:
Atonement, Control Lead London Film Critics Noms
The London Critics Circle has announced the nominees for its year-end awards, with Anton Corbijn's Control and Joe Wright's Atonement leading the pack at eight nominations apiece. More...
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