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Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where an FBI agent (Penn) is assigned to protect an interpreter (Kidman) who overhears an assassination plot. Read more

Starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen
Director Sydney Pollack
Genres Thriller

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The Interpreter

Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where an FBI agent (Penn) is assigned to protect an interpreter (Kidman) who overhears an assassination plot.

Starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal, Earl Cameron, George Harris
Director Sydney Pollack
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK VIDEO RENTAL
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 3 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 12.gif
Collections 100 Top Thrillers, Anthony Minghella Collection
Genres Thriller
Language English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 15 Aug 2005
Production year: 2005
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (5) of The Interpreter

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  • An earnest thriller that grows more confusing and less interesting by the minute, weighing down its central characters with so much guilt and misery that its purpose is flattened.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

  • Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) is a translator at United Nations HQ in New York. One evening, shes working late and... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 72 out of 80 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Quality in any language

    I saw this at the cinema, and to be honest, I'm glad I gave what looked like a conventional thriller a chance on the big screen. Handled with enormous panache by old hand Sydney Pollack, this is big-heated Hollywood professionalism at its very best.

    Admittedly, I could watch Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman make toast, but they invest their roles with genuine commitment, and the adorable Catherine Keener provides admirable support. This is an extremely old-fashioned Hitchcock-with-a-heart style movie, with gleaming cinematography, two or three masterful suspense sequences, and even an idea rattling around for good measure. It's not a classic, but either as a night out or a night it, it's one to savour for the sheer pleasure of seeing top talent giving a decent thriller the attention and compassion it deserves.

    Very highly recommended.

      • GeorgeLazenby from Greater Manchester
      • Posted 16 Apr 2005 22:53

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Not my cup of tea!

    Slightly more exciting than watching paint dry! I couldn't get in to this film at all up until the last twenty minutes or so but I think that was because I was just getting excited at the fact that it was nearly over and I could put something else on soon!

      • Nat from Sheffield, England
      • Posted 28 Apr 2006 19:42

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    The Interpreter

    Kidman and Pollack come to London

    • 15 Apr 2005

    Oscar winner Nicole Kidman has been in London for the premiere of her new film The Interpreter. Together with director Sydney Pollack, the Cold Mountain star sought to publicise her role as United Nations interpreter Silvia Broome. Pollack, meanwhile, hailed the performance of the Australian actress: "This is the first time I have the pleasure of working with Nicole. It was like being given a great gift." The film also stars Sean Penn, a fellow Academy award winner and star of Mystic... Read more

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