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2005 Certificate 12
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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 Certificate 12
Collections 100 Top Thrillers, Anthony Minghella Collection
Genres Thriller
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 15 Aug 2005
Production year: 2005
Format DVD

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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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  • 74 out of 82 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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  • 5 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Forked tongues

    Penn and Kidman together should have produced a more gripping thriller than this effort. Both actors seemed to cruise through the film without really buying into their roles. However, this criticism must be tempered by the fact that they can only deliver what the script allows them. Had the script been completed before filming started then their performances may have been improved as this would have allowed their characters to follow a consistent arc over the course of the film. By constructing the script on a day-by-day basis during filming, the end result appears disjointed and the various plot strands feel clumsily concluded. For this failing, the director (Pollack) must take all the blame. Count Daddy's final thought: A run of the mill feature - catch it when it's on the telly.

      • Count Daddy from his Tower of Wit
      • Posted 31 Mar 2006 10:05

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