Body of Lies

Name: Body of Lies
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: October 10, 2008
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Strong, Russell Crowe

2008

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Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: October 10, 2008 | R

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Strong, Russell Crowe

Summary: Roger Ferris is the best man U.S. Intelligence has on the ground, in places where human life is worth no more than the information it can get you. In operations that take him around the globe, Ferris' next breath often depends on the voice at the other end of a secure phone line--CIA veteran Ed Hoffman. Strategizing from a laptop in theRoger Ferris is the best man U.S. Intelligence has on the ground, in places where human life is worth no more than the information it can get you. In operations that take him around the globe, Ferris' next breath often depends on the voice at the other end of a secure phone line--CIA veteran Ed Hoffman. Strategizing from a laptop in the suburbs, Hoffman is on the trail of an emerging terrorist leader who has orchestrated a campaign of bombings while eluding the most sophisticated intelligence network in the world. To lure the terrorist out into the open, Ferris will have to penetrate his murky world, but the closer Ferris gets to the target, the more he discovers that trust is both a dangerous commodity and the only one that will get him out alive. (Warner Bros.)… Expand

Director: Ridley Scott

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 128 min

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James Berardinelli

Body of Lies neither panders nor condescends. It involves current events and has a political viewpoint, but it overplays neither. Read full review

Michael Sragow

Leonardo DiCaprio brings straight-razor reflexes and rooted emotion to the role of a deceptively rugged CIA man. Read full review

Peter Travers

The result is commendably non-West-centric, but no less sentimentally conceived. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

The romance seems tacked on as a way to humanize this character; there's no reason the nurse would take up with a brash, secretive American. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

A mostly formulaic approach that becomes more disappointing as the yarn unwinds. Read full review

J.R. Jones

Like Scott's last picture, "American Gangster," this is a little too slick and commanding for its own good; despite Crowe and DiCaprio's best efforts, their characters keep getting flattened by the steamroller narrative. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Most of this just seems, you know, so three years ago, so "Bourne" again. Read full review

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TonyM

Mar 8, 2009

Another masterpiece from Ridley Scott. Small problem in the plot which had me rocking in my seat- Those UAV's have Infrared. The U.S. could have seen the exchange of Ferris.