Rendition

  • 2007


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$ 27 Million
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Positive Reviews 45
Negative reviews 35
Average Rating 2.9/5
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3.0
Yet its worth asking if American moviegoers, even as theyve grown disillusioned with the war, now want to numb that disillusion instead of exploring i .. EW
5.0
Now comes this big, confident, effective thriller with its politics so seamlessly a part of its story. Rogerebert
4.5
Also Out Now I Am Cuba: The Ultimate Edition (New Yorker Video/Milestone Cinematheque, $44.95): Presented by Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, .. Austin Chronicle
1.5
The bad guys say things like, If you havent cheated on your wife, youre gay. Austin Chronicle
2.5
A worthwhile but somewhat underwhelming effort, perhaps too level headed for its own good. Time Out
1.3
Hollywood kick starts another Oscar season with a modish globetrotting guilt trip that histrionically explores how government policy and our involveme ..
2.5
It would have been interesting if Rendition had engaged its nominal issues with real sophistication and urgency; instead, it is content to use them as ..
2.5
Intelligent and well meaning, Rendition is nevertheless an oversimplified and uneven attempt to arouse righteous indignation among its viewers.
2.0
Although the films construction is still in many ways elegant, it ultimately feels hollow from bowing to the weight of its design. Paste Magazine
2.5
If youre going to lecture us on the evils of torture, you better not make a film where in the end we feel theres more information to be discovered. E Film Critic
2.0
Trouble is, the suspense elements are all DOA due to the lethargic pace of the film, and the shocking reveals of injustice lose their effect the way H .. E Film Critic
1.5
The audience is unduly flattered, never once forced to question its own complicity in allowing this foul and almost always counter productive flouting .. Telegraph
3.8
At times its as if the story draws to a halt, but that strategy serves a purpose to make audiences feel the hopelessness of the circumstances. San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
Disappointingly dull given the explosive subject matter, this at least attempts to get a message into the mainstream. An extra star for effort rather ..
4.0
As each character takes a stand, the film manages to remain surprisingly neutral yes, it wholeheartedly questions the justification of torture but it .. Cinema Blend
3.8
Torture advocates like to raise the hypothetical question, if you could prevent a terrorist attack by torturing someone with information about it, wou .. Ny Daily News
4.4
Hot off the headlines and onto the screen, this is a rarity a political film that delivers its timely message with a cinematic punch and no undue spee .. The Globe And Mail
2.5
The movies goal is simple use the power of movies to show us the cruelty and inhumanity of torture, and lead us to conclude that its always wrong, no .. Philly
2.5
The attempt to make a moral action movie results in what is mostly a moral inaction film. Philly
3.0
Rendition shows us the dark side of the so called war on terrorism and the widespread death and destruction that it brings in its wake. Spirituality And Practice
3.0
Aims to appear courageous but in the end comes across as mealy mouthed...its political stance is feeble, its dramatic sense weak, and its execution fl .. One Guys Opinion
2.0
Its never moving nor does it ever get off the dime to reach our hearts. Sover
2.5
Something clever is done regarding the chronology of one subplot; its too bad that aspect of the film isnt more compelling. ReelViews
4.4
Hood and screenwriter Kelley Sanes taut, powerfully acted political thriller in the Costa Gavras (MISSING) mold is closely based on the real life case .. Tv Guide
3.8
And while the film is consistently entertaining, it never quite packs the emotional wallop that one mightve hoped for with the final confrontation bet .. Reel Film Reviews
2.0
I have no qualms with any of the performances, or with the films individual components. Its the overall effect thats lackluster. This is a film thats .. Eric Ds Nider
2.0
After a terrorist bombing in Egypt, the CIAs shadowy process of extraordinary renditionabducting a suspect for interrogation in another country where .. News Review
3.5
And even if this film is a little too busy and perhaps flippant, the important thing is that Hood addresses the situation with raw honesty and gritty .. Shadows On The Wall
3.0
Ironically, an almost identical low budget English movie called Extraordinary Rendition does this much more effectively.In short, Rendition is watchab .. View London
2.0
And so it is that a hard nosed political thriller devolves into a wish fulfilment fantasy. Cs Monitor
2.5
Art is supposed to hold a mirror up to reality but not one borrowed from the funhouse. New York Post
1.5
All are missing in Rendition, which despite its high caliber cast and posh production values is the dullest of the recent wave of films responding to .. Film Journal International ..
2.5
Rendition is one of the least energetic and most sluggish movies in recent memory.In fact, even the cast of this political thriller doesnt seem too ex .. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.5
But the petition theyve signed is so single mindedly concerned with throwing political punches that it fails as both a movie and an indictment. Boston
4.0
The basics of its plot are well developed, and it never forgets to be entertaining, nor does it insist on inflating its importance by outstaying its w .. Mountain X
1.9
Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press The courtroom showdown brought Rick Gates face to face with his longtime business associate and fellow Trump campai .. Star Tribune
4.5
Maybe the ending is a tad too upbeat, a tad too facile to be satisfying or even believable in a story based so closely on horrific reality.
3.8
Its one thing for a thriller to be timely, quite another for it to function as Rendition does, a gripping piece of entertainment with a clear head on .. Toronto Star
2.0
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3.0
Its also enacted in a unique way that may feel a bit like cheating, but the added dimension it brings allows us to find it acceptable. Reel Talk Reviews
2.0
Tormented inertia is a hard emotional note to hit, but the role suits Gyllenhaal, an actor who always seems fundamentally likable but only half awake. Slate
4.0
Excuse my cynicism but this screenplay seems far too loaded for that claim to be taken seriously.
3.0
I suppose a case could be made for easing the public into hard ideas about what its government is doing to people, including its own citizens, but you .. Movies
2.0
Worst of all, any point about extraordinary rendition gets lost when Hood detonates a narrative bomb of his own, pulling off a spectacular timeshift t .. Bbc
2.5
When all is said and done, the film is a well meaning, well shot, but truly mediocre piece of work. The Movie Boy
2.5
Its too bad no one told New Line that just because the wrapper of a candy bar looks shiny, it doesnt mean the chocolate inside tastes good. Bullz-Eye
4.0
Go behind the scenes on the Aquaman movie with these exclusive on set images Movie News Jason Momoas solo movie is on its way, and you can take an exc .. Total Film
3.0
Movies offer us wildly divergent stories with vivid, close up emotions, and so did the six fimmakers we invited to take part in the Envelope Directors .. Calendar Live
2.5
Witherspoon is required to play her thankless role without her usual pep and we miss it. Hollywood
2.0
But director Gavin Hood (Tsotsi) cant make his climactic structural gimmick work with any impact or satisfaction; the story lines dont build much ener .. Seattle Pi
2.0
Despite the clumsy bias and the POV, this is a well acted, beautifully filmed (the Director of Photography is Dion Beebe, who is, for my money, the be .. Tony Medley
2.5
While many of the individual pieces work brilliantly, the final tricky answers to the puzzle simply do not work; the twist at the end neither earned n .. Movie Freak
0.6
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it. Film Freak Central
2.0
Hood, who knows what kind of movies win awards, crafts his tale so that every little detail falls neatly into place. Boxoffice Magazine
3.0
Incredibly moving performances and well developed characters evoke sympathy for its duration, but wholehearted satisfaction routinely eludes the pictu ..
1.5
Renditions beef with the injustices of the US Patriot Act would have had a lot more power a couple of years ago. Mirror
3.5
Still, in the end, theres enough excitement, dimension and an involved level of acting by an ensemble of first rate players to make the time rendered .. Varia Gate
4.0
This film will be hard to track down and is conveniently enough best avoided, whereas Sea Monsters in 3D: A Prehistoric Adventure is a wondrous big sc .. Ft
2.5
Few of the films many characters feel like more than mere set pieces to prove the films Big Political Point. Christianity Today
4.0
And the particular torture chamber house of horrors in Rendition is scary enough to give the more fictional horror fare this Halloween season, some st .. News Blaze
2.0
An issue that springs from collective fear and the baser instincts it engenders deserves a better, more intelligent, and more perceptive treatment tha .. Killer Movie Reviews
4.4
Hood lacks the chutzpah to direct Arkin or Streep toward anything other than variations on past characters. The Filmy Ap
3.8
It requires a certain attention from the audience, and that attention is rewarded in the end. Big Picture Big Sound
1.9
Thats more interesting than watching a villain who is on the verge of twisting a moustache, laughing maniacally and attempting to tie Reese Witherspoo .. Waffle Movies
3.0
Average: Select rating Cancel rating Poor Okay Good Great Awesome Average: 4 ( 1 vote) AUSTIN, Texas German writer Franz Kafka meets the war on terror .. Hollywood Chicago
2.0
Nothing if not timely, Rendition arrives days after the Supreme Court said it would not take up the case of an innocent German who claimed he was abdu .. News Week
2.0
This weeks TLS October 19, 2018 The difficulties with Mark Twain; Woolf and Kandinsky; saving art from the Nazis; Baudrillard in the desert; the Swedi .. Entertainment Times Online ..
2.0
The question is not satisfactorily answered, and the sleight of hand intended to distract you from this fact simply fails to work.Its a decent enough .. Film Guardian
3.5
By crafting an intricate and engaging story out of this countrys most despicable weapon in the war on terror, its possible that its message may be mor .. Or Lando Weekly
3.0
Its all too simplistic to really engage the deeply complex dilemma it seeks to pass judgment on. Guide Live
4.5
Occasionally a movies subject outweighs any aesthetic flaws, as it does in this unsettling thriller about the extraordinary rendition of terror suspec .. Chicago Reader
2.5
A watchable but rigged and strangely forgettable drama that loses its nerve in the way its real life political quarry rarely does. Film4
2.0
Rendition is the same Kafkaesque nightmare done in Saturday Afternoon at the Movies style, with multiple crisscrossing plots, a cliff hanger climax, a .. Ny Mag
3.5
PHAMTOM Thread Mark Hamill Gets Star on Walk of Fame FEATURES & NEWS Mission: Impossible films on 4K Ultra HD Blu ray and Digital. Review Express
2.5
Current and contentious Rendition may be, but entertaining and suspenseful it is not. Future Movies
5.0
Rendition is an important film. Art, by definition, is supposed to provoke, to spur emotions, to enlighten. On those counts, this movie scores a bulls .. Aisle Seat
2.0
The latest piece of preening liberal guilt cinema, Gavin Hoods Rendition is laughably melodramatic and agonizingly inert, more interested in its pretz .. Nicks Chager
3.5
Rendition is well made.Gavin Hood builds tension with parallel scenes. Can Mag
2.0
Rendition succumbs to a fatal imbalance brought on by terminal star power. Detroit News
3.5
It takes a subject that deserves if not demands layers and nuances, and reduces it to something digestible and almost reassuring in its single mindedn .. Movies Ign
3.0
As is usually the case in movieland, a powerful US agency is the villain. The use of torture is frowned upon, and a complex plot provides reasonable t .. Compuserve
2.0
After overblown stories of mass walkouts by critics during its Toronto debut, Rendition proves to have enough substance, momentum and surprise to vali .. Film Critic 1963 Typepad
2.5
A movie about secret government procedures can probably do without a subplot about a terrorist in love. Metromix.com
4.5
Hoods direction globe trots with a spring in its step, and hes got a handle on action, too. Cinematical
3.0
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1.5
Designed to make us feel like weve just witnessed a powerful experience. The reality of the film is that its nothing but a shallow and underdeveloped .. D Cist
2.0
The film doesnt know or care who Anwar El Ibrahimi is outside of how his plight affects the white folks connected with him. Gost Dog
1.5
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 .. MSNBC
2.5
The movies intentions are clear cut, and its execution is solely to back them up. Mark Reviews Movies Tripod ..
3.0
In some ways, the existence of this earnestly ambitious and steadily engaging movie really is surprising. Contra Costa Times
3.5
Rendition features decent performances by all its actors, although few are given any chance to shine. Reelz Channel
3.5
The film exists in a gray zone that acknowledges the existence and relevance of both sides. Colorado Springs Gazette
4.4
Bonus Materials: Outlawed, a documentary about secretly detained prisoners and the torture they endure, provides a fitting companion piece for the fil .. Rossiter Drake
4.0
It goes without saying that Rendition is a matter worthy of your utmost attention. Sky Cinema
2.0
A Mighty Hearts strict timeline might have helped here, in fact, as it is hard to tell how much time has passed after Anwars deportation to a secret p .. The Reeler
1.5
The films message is still relevant, but its already universally recognized how far the executive branch will go to get its latest war on. Las Vegas CityLife
1.5
Rendition is a well intentioned film, and an enjoyable one, but, in the end, thats not quite the same as a good one. Independent (UK)
1.5
But Hood has produced a very calculated and superficial drama whose vanilla streaked, unimaginative topicality becomes more and more aggravating as th ..
5.0
Everything is black and white here, a tremendous disservice considering the complexity of the issue. One Local News



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