Rendition (2007)

7/10

Rendition features decent performances by all its actors, although few are given any chance to shine.

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08/26/08

N/A

Rather then telling a story with characters growing and exploring the politics of the world around them, they simply take up the roles of well-dictated automatons.

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07/31/08

3.5/4

The film unfolds brilliantly and methodically, as director Gavid Hood's vivid characters are unwittingly drawn together.

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06/06/08

N/A

But Rendition, in the end, is a Lifetime movie with pretensions toward being a political thriller. (They could even call it YOU HAVE MY HUSBAND! since Witherspoon shrieks that at Streep in a ludicrous scene.)

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05/01/08

7/10

The film exists in a gray zone that acknowledges the existence and relevance of both sides.

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02/28/08

N/A

Jake Gyllenhaal gets better with each role and here he is impressive as the novice CIA analyst forced to confront his own conscience

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02/08/08

B

[A] spotty, but ultimately effective thriller.

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01/26/08

3/5

Un thriller político bastante crítico hacia los métodos anti terroristas de Estados Unidos y sus aliados, en la misma línea de Syriana, Munich y Leones por Corderos (aunque mucho más efectiva que esta última).

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01/22/08

2/6

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01/18/08

3/5

Apresenta-se simultaneamente como um bom filme e, lamentavelmente, também como uma oportunidade desperdiçada.

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01/10/08

3/5

Rendition's heart is in the right place, but feels like a desperate single attempt to get it all out at once out of fear of losing another chance. I am glad I saw it, but I don't ever need to see it again.

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11/22/07

2/5

The film doesn't know or care who Anwar El-Ibrahimi is outside of how his plight affects the white folks connected with him.

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11/21/07

3/4

Rendition gives its take on this practice with enough complexity to keep us engaged — and on the fence about how far our nation should go ...

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11/21/07

4/5

"Rendition" is well-acted and well-written with a surprising twist that I didn't see coming. It's difficult to single out one performance - making it high on my list for an ensemble award. Powerful renditions by all involved.

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11/19/07

N/A

While Reese won't take no for an answer from the suits in DC and fights for her man, Meryl Streep's ambitious and wicked CIA boss fights for her career, but this time around the devil wears pistols.

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11/11/07

3.5/4

Hood's greatest concern is the line between moral courage and cowardice.

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11/07/07

3.5/4

And what the heck does this title mean, anyway? Competing with "Things We Lost in the Fire" for its fuzzy appellation, "Rendition" refers to the U.S. policy of "extraordinary rendition" that allows the government to arrest and keep imprisoned anyone suspe

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11/01/07

3.5/5

The thought that my life might be turned upside down merely by someone calling me is very frightening indeed.

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10/29/07

4/4

Rendition is an important film. Art, by definition, is supposed to provoke, to spur emotions, to enlighten. On those counts, this movie scores a bull's-eye.

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10/24/07