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IN A NUTSHELL...

Nicole Kidman stars in this Sydney Pollack-helmed thriller, about a UN worker who overhears something that catapults her into a mystery worthy of Hitchcock himself. Sean Penn stars as the secret agent assigned to investigate her claims, about a mooted assassination of a corrupt African leader at the UN's New York headquarters.
UK Box Office: 拢7.180 million (as at 6th September 2005)
Useless Fact: The film was the first to be allowed access to the United Nations building in New York. The pay-off was that the entire production had to be shot in the Big Apple, using local crews.

THE REVIEWS...

"If you're happy to go along for the ride, then director Sydney Pollack is an accomplished driver" (3/5)

"The Interpreter offers something more meaty and topical than the pulling power of its glittering parts" (3/5)

"A gripping and intelligent political thriller with a liberal dose of PR for the UN" (4/5)

"Solid, mature and finely acted... you have to respect its noble intentions and attempts to give popular film a real, opinionated edge" (3/5)

"Kidman and Penn turn this intelligent film into a vehicle for those who want more than mere entertainment from their political thrillers" (4/5)

"This is an expertly made, grippingly old fashioned thriller that keeps us guessing" (4/5)

"It's a shame that Pollack and his screenwriters couldn't choose a genre and stick to it"

"A dull political thriller that dispenses with both politics and brains. Penn and Kidman struggle to emerge with any credibility"

"Desperately well-intentioned hooey, made even more bizarre by the pop-eyed solemnity of the acting and its sheer, baffling unexcitingness" (1/5)

WEB WATCH...

The Interpreter
Official site

"The English can get snotty"
Sydney Pollack interview

"The film does seem very timely"
Nicole Kidman interview

"I just refused to accept a no"
Sydney Pollack interview

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