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The Interpreter [2005]
from Universal Pictures Video
starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal
directed by Sydney Pollack

Features:

• Anamorphic
• PAL

Editorial Review:

Director Sydney Pollack delivers megawatt star power, high gloss, and political passion to The Interpreter, his first thriller since The Firm. With Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn delivering smooth, understated performances, the film more closely recalls Pollack's 1975 Robert Redford/Faye Dunaway paranoid thriller Three Days of the Condor, trading conspiratorial politicians for potential assassination in the United Nations General Assembly (this being the first film ever granted permission to use actual U.N. locations). Kidman plays a U.N. interpreter who inadvertently overhears hints of a plot to kill the reviled, tyrannical leader of her (fictional) African homeland; Penn is the Secret Service agent assigned to protect her, or to determine her role (if any) in the assassination scenario. By distancing itself from real-life politics, The Interpreter softens its potential impact as a thriller about contemporary globalization and threats to international peace, but the Penn/Kidman personal drama (between two people who gain a deep appreciation for shared anguish, without being artificially forced into romance) adds a richly human dimension to Pollack's expert handling of the thriller elements of a complex yet easily-followed plot. Indie-film stalwart Catherine Keener shines in her supporting role as Penn's sarcastic by sympathetic Secret Service partner. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• good chemistry between nicole kidman and sean penn make this worth seeing
  The Interpreter is not that exciting and it does not have so many twists and turns in the plot that it is too interesting either, but it is a competently made film with good dialogue and has two fine performances from sean penn and nicole kidman to keep the viewer watching.It is the chemistry between these two and their shared suffering that make the film worth seeing.

• actually great!!
  I'll be honest, I wasn't really expecting too much from this film. I love Nicole Kidman but she has been in some pretty dodgy roles. I was happily surprised and gripped by this great political thriller. Especially tying in with events that have been happening in America it made it even better. Sean Penn is also a great actor and the two of them work so well together!! This is well worth a watch, You'll love it!!

• One of my favourites
  This is a great action-packed thriller which keeps your brain-cells ticking and keeps you on the edge-of your seat; it is more intellectual compared with others in some ways. I recommend it. Great taste and flavour of the UN as well---giving an overall picture of what such a great institution is capable of achieving and why it exists today--words, compassion, diplomacy and justice will forever dominate over sheer brute force and violence.
  I may be spoiling the film if you haven't seen it to some extent... more info

• very disappointed
  I expected an unusual and gripping film. Instead, I was bitterly disappointed especially with the barely acting part of the the so-called heroine who simply could not be heard and muttered in a most monotonous voice with no real acting ability. I ask . " How on earth did she succeed in landing that part? " After about half an hour, I indexed the film forward bit by bit, but there she still was. muttering incomprehensively with a really sulky expression permanently graven on her face. Really the film may... more info

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