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10/18/08
Beyond Borders (2003)
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Reviews Counted:99
Fresh:14
Rotten:85
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: Beyond Borders is good-intentioned, but the use of human suffering as a backdrop for a romance comes across as sanctimonious and exploitative.
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $4,394,454
Synopsis: Director Martin Campbell (GOLDENEYE) balances a romantic tale, serious political commentary, and beautifully shot scenery from exotic locations in BEYOND BORDERS. Oscar winner Angelina Jolie gives... [More]
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, Teri Polo, Linus Roache
Director: Martin Campbell
Reviews for Beyond Borders
Top CriticIt is a rather callous, travelogue look at misery around the world.
10/29/03
It's a big message that tries to appear in movie clothing. But, like a cow trying to wear a Brooks Brothers suit, the bad fit is fairly obvious.
10/24/03
A sobering two hours.
10/23/03
You'll probably laugh your way through this immediate guilty pleasure, but you'll also get hooked by it.
10/24/03
An unconvincing melodrama that seems more interested in pushing an agenda and preaching than in developing legitimate, compelling characters.
10/26/03
Never have we been forced to watch so many suffer needlessly for the sake of so few. And that’s what makes this film reprehensible.
10/24/03
What a beautiful film....I am not just talking about Jolie's usual exotic locals here...but two hours of watching Clive Owen all manly manned up...
10/24/03
Even though Beyond Borders certainly isn't the greatest love story ever told, the film still offers a plethora of fascinating, war-torn landscapes--and may inspire you to volunteer for the UN.
10/24/03
Beyond Borders should have been called Beyond Boredom.
10/24/03
A romantic thriller in a quasi documentary setting where desert tents and ramshackle buildings are as spotlessly dust-free as London townhouses.
10/23/03
Those expecting Jolie's character to end up feeding and clothing every indigent person on the planet might be surprised at the movie's toughness and refusal to compromise.
11/04/03
Beyond Borders so trivializes the plight of the world's displaced peoples that it becomes actively obnoxious.
10/24/03
[Campbell] can't overcome the basic tension of trying to elicit honest, conscience-tweaking audience reactions in the context of a broadly entertaining movie.
10/23/03
Well-intentioned but astonishingly flat.
10/24/03
Top CriticReason enough why the rest of the world just hates America's guts.
10/21/03
A powerful, deeply moving film that takes you on a stirring journey straight to your heart.
10/23/03
A silly movie made all the more silly by how much it wants not to be a silly movie.
10/30/03
...brutally haunting images ... in a setting where sappy dialogue evaporates like water.
09/20/04
"Beyond Borders" is a soap opera with its heart in the right place.
11/17/03
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