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37 out of 100

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5.0 out of 10

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  • Starring: Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany
  • Summary: Johnny Depp stars as an American tourist whose playful dalliance with a stranger leads to a web of intrigue, romance and danger in The Tourist. During an impromptu trip to Europe to mend a broken heart, Frank unexpectedly finds himself in a flirtatious encounter with Elise, an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. Against the breathtaking backdrop of Paris and Venice, their whirlwind romance quickly evolves as they find themselves unwittingly thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse. (Sony Pictures)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 37
  3. Negative: 11 out of 37
  1. Movieline
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    Dec 9, 2010
    90
    If Elise and Frank are opaque to each other, they're opaque for a reason, as, sadly, lovers sometimes are. (Come to think of it, this picture has more in common with "The Lives of Others" than you might expect.)
  2. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Pam Grady
    Dec 9, 2010
    60
    A throwback to classic movies like Charade and North by Northwest where beautiful, sophisticated people answer life-threatening danger with bon mots and ingenuity.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Dec 9, 2010
    38
    Cinema-as-shoplifting is okay, as long as you still get the feeling it's for a greater good. But that's something The Tourist is sorely missing.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 54
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 54
  3. Negative: 19 out of 54
  1. JohnQPublic
    8
    I loved it. It reminded me of the old glamorous Hollywood movies like To Catch a Thief or North by Northwest - espionage, glamour and a tie it all up twist with a bow. Fun, light entertainment. Not too serious, not too dumb, a little glamour. What else do you want?… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. JonnyFendi
    5
    What did you do? When Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie finally met in one screen? You get in line for a ticket! Mysterious story, city of Venice and promising Director as well, everything looks just fine, what could go wrong? But what you are about to experience is no other than being a tourist and get misguided. The movie based on Luc Besson and Sophie Marceau movie titled ANTHONY ZIMMER in 2004. An American tourist Frank is approached by a mysterious girl Elise in a train (who can deny beautiful girl like Angelina Jolie anyway, do you?) on journey to Venice, Italy. In the beginning, Elise has hidden intention to use Frank as a decoy from the hunt of police and Russian mafia. Now everyone thinks Franks is her long-lost fugitive lover, an intelligent thief Alexander Pearce. Actually, the basic material is very promising, with some twists and turns in development. But in the process, they could not get a precise romantic atmosphere done right. The interaction between the two is stiff and awkward. Frankly says, there is no chemistry here. In spite of Johnny Depp is my No. 1 favorite Actor nowadays (I have all of his movies, all!) but unfortunately in thiz movie he looks too childish next to Jolie. You can see there is still a little bit Capt. Jack Sparrow in Depp character. He looks charming, but most of the time he becomes so uncomfortably clumsy and lazy. On the other side, for me Jolie more looks like -a supermodel walking in her runaway catwalk. Yes, with the smile like that, and her sharp eye gaze, beautifully elegant dresses, who can resist the whole eye candy package. But I have to say, it could be the most boring appearance of Angelina Jolie of all-time. What she does here just keep smiling all the time, without doing exploration for her character. Jolie is doing what I called Robotic Performance. Too much smile, too much pride, and too much eyelashes. A better performance comes from Paul Bettany as Inspector John. The other Supporting Casts are Timothy Dalton, Rufus Sewell and the memorable one, Reginald Shaw who is very convincing as Berkoff, Russian mobster boss. The Director of thiz movie is Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. I found myself more enjoying his latest creation, one of respectable German movies in 2006, THE LIVES OF OTHERS. It is supposed to be ravishing, but rather than that, it is happened to be ravenous. In the end, if you came to the theater to see some good looking faces. Well… You were part of the plan. Visit My Blog on JONNY'S MOVEE : http://jonnyfendi.blogspot.com… Expand
    • 4 of 5 users said yes
  3. nutterjr
    3
    It is truly fascinating how the Hollywood industry can take an exciting and funny French film and turn it into a flat film that leaves you absolutely unamused.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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