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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 CriticWhat starts out with an interesting premise quickly deteriorates into a cockeyed political statement.
10/22/03
Beyond Borders should have been to relief efforts what Schindler’s List was to the Holocaust. Or what Saving Private Ryan was to WWII.
11/02/03
Ambitious and morally complex, yet ultimately shallow. As a result, it falls short of pleasing lovers of serious cinema, while also alienating the happily-ever-after crowd.
10/24/03
Beyond Borders is aptly titled. It should be placed way beyond the border, where it can't be seen.
10/23/03
Good intentions can't overcome a disjointed story.
10/23/03
By the time the closing credits come up, you're left with the unshakable feeling that things might have been a tad better off if all involved had scrapped this terrible film and instead donated the multimillion-dollar budget to charity.
10/27/03
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
Beyond Borders so trivializes the plight of the world's displaced peoples that it becomes actively obnoxious.
10/24/03
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11/01/03
Top CriticA silly movie made all the more silly by how much it wants not to be a silly movie.
10/30/03
Beyond Borders has good intentions and wants to call attention to the plight of refugees, but what a clueless vulgarization it makes of its worthy motives.
10/24/03
Top Critic[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
Se abordar os esforços humanitários ao redor do planeta é admirável, colocá-los em segundo plano para priorizar uma história de amor é mais do que frustrante; é imperdoável.
03/17/04
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
A self-indulgent, unintentionally farcical romance.
10/23/03
A powerful, deeply moving film that takes you on a stirring journey straight to your heart.
10/23/03
Affecting moments appear sporadically in Beyond Borders, but they can’t amend for the movie’s lack of shame.
11/22/03
Falls short as both entertainment and enlightenment.
10/21/03
We're both numb and impatient by the time Beyond Borders draws to an end. In a movie that seeks so hard to inspire, that seems a crying shame.
10/24/03
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