Rotten
Penn is terrific in his low-key doggedness.
Ken Tucker, New York Magazine/Vulture
The Interpreter
The truth needs no translation.
2005 · 2h 8m · PG-13
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Sydney Pollack
Overview
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
Director and cast
- Sydney Pollack Director
- Nicole Kidman as Silvia Broome
- Sean Penn as Tobin Keller
- Catherine Keener as Dot Woods
- Jesper Christensen as Nils Lud
- Yvan Attal as Philippe
- Earl Cameron as Dr. Zuwanie
- George Harris as Kuman-Kuman
- Michael Wright as Marcus
- Clyde Kusatsu as Police Chief Lee Wu
- Eric Keenleyside Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
57%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This is largely a competent, successful thriller, but observing global politics from this perspective is an uncomfortable, frustrating experience.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Rotten
The film's themes are disappointingly vague and unspecific, built around a fictitious African country that stands for anywhere -- and consequently nowhere.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Fresh
I was steadily absorbed by The Interpreter, even though much of the plot didn't make a great deal of sense.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Rotten
While it pains me to beat up on Pollack, who, in addition to being a consistently wonderful actor, is at least attempting to make movies the old-fashioned way, it pains me more to actually sit through his movies.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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