A richly atmospheric film that races surefootedly through complexities of data and emotion like a spy movie and not at all like a sentimental sob story.
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06/22/07
A Mighty Heart (2007)
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Reviews Counted:181
Fresh:139
Rotten:42
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Angelina Jolie conveys the full emotional range of a woman in a desperate situation in A Mighty Heart, an urgent yet tactful film about a difficult subject.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $9,093,521
Synopsis: Prolific director Michael Winterbottom (24-HOUR PARTY PEOPLE) takes an unusual turn by helming A MIGHTY HEART--a studio picture starring none other than Angelina Jolie. Jolie stars as Mariane... [More]
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Irrfan Khan, Archie Panjabi
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Reviews for A Mighty Heart
81 - 100 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
[Winterbottom] puts us in the middle of things, and lets us watch.
06/22/07
[Jolie is] greatly abetted by the no-nonsense, very un-Hollywood-ish approach that British director Michael Winterbottom takes to this fact-based thriller.
06/22/07
Though the events recalled in Winterbottom's riveting docudrama A Mighty Heart are well-known, they are dramatized with such realistic detail and heartfelt passion that the story feels as urgent as the latest bad news out of the Middle East.
06/22/07
A riveting experience that sears its way into your consciousness.
06/22/07
The overriding tone of A Mighty Heart is neither indignant nor sentimental: The film is consistently cool.
06/22/07
Powerful dramatization told with admirable, realistic rigor.
06/22/07
A Mighty Heart has no discernable political agenda. It’s simply a straightforward look at a terrible event.
06/22/07
A Mighty Heart never sensationalizes the story or its characters, most of whom are based on real people.
06/22/07
A movie that captures the frustration of not knowing, the unconsummated urge to comprehend.
06/22/07
The film takes its cue from the widow, neither sermonizing or even villainizing, content to serve quietly as an admirable exercise in restraint and a moving example of the grace under pressure that is the essence of courage.
06/22/07
A haphazard fusion that smacks of Hollywood self-gratification. For a movie that aims to throw a spotlight on the human costs of international terrorism, it says surprisingly little and renders itself quickly forgettable.
06/22/07
Should end up one of the year's best dramas, an intricate, jolting look at life out of control and one woman's fight to hold onto her dignity and love in the midst of unimaginable tragedy. It's not an easy story to watch. Imagine living it.
06/22/07
A movie as rich in detail as it is in emotion, with both driven deeper by the intensely intimate filmmaking style of Michael Winterbottom.
06/22/07
Director Michael Winterbottom's film of Mariane Pearl's book constantly reaches for the authentic with subtle tenacity.
06/22/07
What is best about A Mighty Heart is that it doesn't reduce the Daniel Pearl story to a plot, but elevates it to a tragedy.
06/22/07
Top CriticA film that has heart and integrity, providing insight into a wrenching dilemma that no headline news reportage could ever achieve.
06/22/07
The problem with structuring A Mighty Heart as a suspense film is obvious: We already know the outcome.
06/22/07
...a movie that's more admirable than watchable, that in some ways argues against the politics of its makers. It's respectful, respectable and, like the world it so faithfully reproduces, unsettlingly dissonant.
06/22/07
Angelina Jolie IS Mariane Pearl -- and that marquee-size "is" gets in the way, not of her performance, but of our ability to suspend disbelief and watch it.
06/22/07
Latest News for A Mighty Heart
January 29, 2009:
Screenwriter Set for Ian Fleming Biopic 
"Fleming," the Ian Fleming biopic being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way, has itself a writer: John Orloff, who penned "A Mighty Heart." More...
September 30, 2008:
Trailer & Poster review
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December 21, 2007:
Awards Mania: Spirits, SAGs Get Waivers, Announce Nominations; Uncertainty Surrounds Golden Globes
Just when you think awards season can't get any awards-ier, here come two more sets of nominations! More...
December 14, 2007:
Atonement, Control Lead London Film Critics Noms
The London Critics Circle has announced the nominees for its year-end awards, with Anton Corbijn's Control and Joe Wright's Atonement leading the pack at eight nominations apiece. More...
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