Backstabbing for Beginners

  • 2018


MOVIE IS fascinating engaging cunningly timely
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40 %
41 % Rotten
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 7
Negative reviews 13
Average Rating 2.4/5
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3.5
Its to the films credit that it creates a sense of high stakes peril despite us knowing the rough outcome from the get go, and largely without simplif .. Variety
1.9
It fills the screen with a series of explicative conversations set in offices, hotels, and cars throughout which people dont so much talk to each othe ..
3.5
This is the sort of melodramatic narrative film that makes you long for the sober reality of a documentary. The Hollywood Reporter
2.0
Soussan is taken under the wing of program undersecretary Pasha (the estimable Ben Kingsley), whose relationship with the truth can be summed up by hi ..
1.3
Whatever potential was evident in Soussans source material is wasted on empty clichs and spoiler alert casting. The Globe And Mail
2.0
There is, however, some compensation in the cunningly extravagant turn delivered by Kingsley. One Guys Opinion
2.5
The question becomes: What will Soussan risk to do something about it Village Voice
2.5
Soussans title promises a more flippant treatment than the subject will allow.Sadly, for all the murders, the threats and intimidations, Flys film tak .. Rogers Movie Nation
2.5
A timely film about corruption at the U.N. would be fine, but Soussans book came out more than a decade ago. Film Journal
1.9
Great title. Too bad what follows doesnt have the same insouciant charm. Toronto Star
4.5
Theo James, whose voice is quite engaging and easy on the ears, also narrates BFB, which helps us follow this complicated fictionalized version of Mic .. Reel Talk Reviews
2.5
There are so many ideas rattling around in Backstabbing for Beginners that are never resolved, and so many duplicitous characters that are never satis .. Observer
3.0
The screenplay is exceptional and balances characters and story with ease. Flim Threet
2.0
It resulted in one of the biggest financial scandals ever recorded, an embarrassment to all involved.Its difficult subject matter to wrangle and make .. Detroit News
2.0
The title is clever, but it promises far more than it delivers, suggesting all manner of intrigue and maneuvering in the volatile world of global poli .. Now Toronto
3.0
Danish director Per Flys film is a compromise between a search for real truths about the U.N. program and his need to make a thriller out of the scand .. Shockya
1.5
He enlivens every scene hes in, deftly delineating a character whos put his moral reservations aside so many times he cant remember where they are. Film Journal International ..
2.0
Baghdad lives up to Michaels fantasy of a modern version of the movie, Casablanca.Everyones a suspect; hidden agendas abound. Original Cin
2.0
Flys film is a fictionalized account of Soussans memoir, which is strange considering the lack of exaggeration which would have been required to make .. Ion Cinema
1.5
Like the rest of the movie, its done up with much less excitement than youd expect from a title like Backstabbing for Beginners. Fw Weekly
1.5
Takes an unsexy geopolitical scandal and makes it even more drab. Spectrum Culture
3.0
Jay Maidment/Disney Mary Poppins Returns, PG You can take grandchildren to the blockbuster Mary Poppins sequel and please them, but its really made fo .. Aarp
3.0
The Endless will have you drinking the Kool Aid, and loving every last drop. AXS.com
2.0
This is a fascinating, outrage provoking story but Danish director Per Flys bid to turn it into a cloak and dagger thriller falls disappointingly flat .. Movie Talk



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