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62 out of 100

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6.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 110 Ratings

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  • Starring: Catherine Keener, Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn
  • Summary: A suspenseful thriller of international intrigue set inside the political corridors of the United Nations and on the streets of New York. (Universal)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 41
  3. Negative: 0 out of 41
  1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    91
    Very much a '70s-style paranoid thriller, with a mood, tone and cascade of plot twists that are highly reminiscent of his 1975 classic, "Three Days of the Condor."
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    90
    Thrillers don't get much smarter than The Interpreter.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Pete Vonder Haar
    60
    In the end, nothing about The Interpreter strikes us as very original.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 49 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 77
  3. Negative: 15 out of 77
  1. stanleyh.
    10
    Excellent job,very good performance by nicole kidman and sean penn.worth every penny to watch.
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  2. PhilK.
    5
    I have to say, in defense of Pollock, that I seriously doubt this is the film he inteneded to make. I saw an interview with him in which he said, in effect, that he didn't enjoy making The Interpreter. I believe there was a lot more he wanted to say about the Zumanie character (his evolution into a tyrant, the devastating "structural adjustment" packages imposed by the IMF and World Bank, death squads financed by the US, etc.), but since he was filming at the UN, I'm sure the UN Security Council (i.e., the Bush Administration, NSA, CIA) put considerable pressure on Pollock to revise any scenes or dialogue which would shed some much needed light on how the most brutal leaders of developing countries are placed in power and who their policies always benefit to the detriment of the vast majority of its citizens. Having seen the trailer, and knowing that Pollock was directing Penn and Kidman, I expected a good, solid, political thriller. Like most who are familiar with Pollock's work, I was disappointed in the extreme. However, I should have known that any film made by a major studio dealing with a subject which was politically sensitive, would be a light ball of pink, confectionary fluff wrapped around a hollow core.… Expand
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  3. MaddieS.
    3
    I guess it was probably an ok film, but I was actually really bored.I would watch it again, but I don't want to waste my money.
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