That Ridley Scott guy, he directs things pretty good.
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10/11/08
Body of Lies (2008)
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Reviews Counted:188
Fresh:96
Rotten:92
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Body of Lies relies on the performances of Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio to elevate it beyond the conventional espionage thriller.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Oct 9, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $39,380,442
Synopsis: Leonardo DiCaprio fights terrorists for the CIA in this rapid-fire thriller from director Ridley Scott (GLADIATOR, BLACK HAWK DOWN). While Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) gets his hands dirty on the... [More]
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani
Director: Ridley Scott
Reviews for Body of Lies
81 - 100 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
It's basically just an excuse for Leonardo DiCaprio to play Jason Bourne while Scott once again turns his technical expertise towards making Morocco look pretty.
10/10/08
It's an exciting movie, done in the flashy, breath-catching hyper-visual mode we expect from Scott. But in the end, it gets bogged down ...
10/10/08
Doesn't tell its story clearly, and buries its most compelling aspects beneath action scenes and romantic subplots that detract from them.
10/10/08
A palpable tension grinds on you for a bit over two-hours and leaves you as drained as the film's characters.
10/10/08
Its chief bid at seriousness, a confrontational colloquy with the top terrorist near the end of the film, comes across as the awkward regurgitation of a hastily swallowed subscription to The Economist.
10/10/08
Scott, Crowe and DiCaprio construct a sophisticated, intelligent thriller.
10/10/08
It's a study in semisimilitude, more Google-Earthly than grounded in feelings.
10/10/08
Top CriticThe plot occasionally becomes convoluted and murky, but when it trains its focus on matters of treachery and intrigue, Body of Lies is exciting and compelling.
10/10/08
Top CriticThe result isn't a lecture about American foreign policy, but a smartly updated old-fashioned espionage thriller.
10/10/08
Body of Lies is more than anything a missed opportunity -- or perhaps, given its cellular phoniness, a series of missed connections.
10/10/08
The world of Body of Lies should feel chaotic and dangerous. But Scott's camera, smoothly gliding across one stately image after another, keeps assuring us everything is fine.
10/10/08
I'm still waiting for the war-on-terror thriller that has more on its mind than the threat al-Qaida poses to movie stars.
10/10/08
DiCaprio bleeds and curses and emotes all over the desert, but the movie he inhabits seems cold, like a clockwork mechanism...
10/10/08
It's a Mideast thriller pulsing with suspense, shootouts, explosions, flashy movie-star performances and the kind of evocative atmosphere that has made director Ridley Scott famous.
10/10/08
This makes for a movie experience in which the viewer sits patiently for about 45 minutes waiting for the story to kick in, only to realize, oh. So this is it.
10/10/08
Body of Lies is excessively intricate and extremely dull, the latest example of a filmmaker giving us a disjointed, overlong movie that’s unnecessarily confusing to follow.
10/10/08
Like Blade Runner, the film reminds us of the corrupting nature of power, and how those who look down on others often fail to understand the consequences of their actions.
10/10/08
Though Body of Lies hews a bit too closely to convention, it still engages throughout thanks to DiCaprio and director Scott.
10/10/08
For those who care about there being more to a thriller than pointless car chases and over-edited fight sequences, Body of Lies offers a satisfying dose of truth.
10/10/08
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