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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
Blu-ray: 2 hrs 3 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Collections 100 Top Thrillers, Anthony Minghella Collection, Top 400 All-Time Rentals
Genres Thriller
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released Production year: 2005

To Rent:
DVD: 15 Aug 2005
Blu-ray: Unavailable for rental
Blu-ray: 25 Oct 2010
  • Critic's review 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.

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    • Rated - 4.0 stars  

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      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 ... read more »

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    • Rated - 4.0 stars  

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      The Interpreter

      A good film. The plot was not predictable so it kept my interest and it was well acted. Quite a lot of surprises.

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    • Rated - 2.0 stars  

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      Average at best

      Nicole Kidman is poorly casted in an average-at-best political thriller. Almost as bad, her bizarre australian/pseudo-african accent. Why a white protagonist in... read more »

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    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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    • The Interpreter - Blu-ray
      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 Days Of The Condor' (1975), Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn star in a film riddled with subterfuge, ...

    • 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....