Beyond Borders (2003)
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14% of critics liked it
(102 reviews) -
72% of users liked it
(31,697 ratings)
Martin Campbell directs the romantic adventure Beyond Borders. Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, a American living with her wealthy British husband, Henry Bauford (Linus Roache), in London during the early '80s. At a charity benefit, she meets passionate relief worker Nick Callahan (Clive… More Martin Campbell directs the romantic adventure Beyond Borders. Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, a American living with her wealthy British husband, Henry Bauford (Linus Roache), in London during the early '80s. At a charity benefit, she meets passionate relief worker Nick Callahan (Clive Owen), who chastises the rich people for not helping out the needy in war-torn countries. Sarah is quickly compelled to join his humanitarian cause to fight the famine in Ethopia. She then follows him to Cambodia, where they start up a love affair and Nick gets involved in an arms-smuggling operation before they finally end up in Chechnya. Teri Polo appears as Sarah's international journalist sister, Charlotte. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- Martin Campbell
- Written By
- Caspian Tredwell-Owen
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
R,
- In Theaters
- Oct 24, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Mark Holcomb, Village Voice
It all becomes little more than feel-good-about- feeling-bad window dressing, like an issue of Utne Reader in Dolby Surround Sound.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
... an old-fashioned romance.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
An unconvincing melodrama that seems more interested in pushing an agenda and preaching than in developing legitimate, compelling characters.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
A melodrama with pretensions to humanitarian generosity.
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Jen Chaney, Washington Post
Well-intentioned but astonishingly flat.
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Cast
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Angelina Jolie
as Sarah Jordan
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Clive Owen
as Nick Callahan
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Teri Polo
as Charlotte Jordan
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Linus Roache
as Henry Bauford
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Yorick van Wageningen
as Jan Steiger
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Noah Emmerich
as Elliot Hauser
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Kate Ashfield
as Kat
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Jamie Bartlett
as Joss
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Timothy West
as Lawrence Bauford
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Kate Trotter
as Mrs. Bauford
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Burt Kwouk
as Colonel Gao
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Tumisho K. Masha
as Hamadi
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Nambitha Mpumlwana
as Tula
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Andrew French
as Meles
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Doan Jaroen-Ngarm Mackenzie
as Tao
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John Matshikiza
as Dawit Ningpopo
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Elizabeth Whitmere
as Beatrice
- John Gausden
- Jonathan Higgins
