Catherine Keener, Clyde Kusatsu, Earl Cameron
Escalating events begin when African-born U.N. translator Silvia Broome alleges that she has overheard a death threat against an African head of state, spoken in a rare dialect few people other than S...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 4, 2005
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October 19, 2009I kept waiting for The Interpreter to kick into high gear and become the thriller that the DVD case advertises, but that never really happened. It's not exactly dull, but calling it a thriller is a pretty huge stretch. There are long periods in its 2+ hours of the same conversati...( read more)
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September 24, 2009This is a really good thriller, one of the best in recent years. Penn and Kidman do a good job!
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March 8, 2009A decent if predictable thriller that puts two great actors opposite each other with enjoyable results, and does have a handful of "pulse-pounding" moments. Sydney Pollack shoots New York so well, and this film is no exception. It won't blow you away but it's a solid movie in whi...( read more)
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December 18, 2008"The truth needs no translation."
An overheard conversation leads a woman into a dark world of deadly intrigue in this political thriller. Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) is an African émigré who works as an interpreter at the United Nations. One of the languages she unde...( read more) -
December 12, 2008
"The truth needs no translation."
If theres anything I liked with this one, its the combination of Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, they were like ying and yang in thi...( read more) -
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November 15, 2009esta peli me encanto!
la vi hace muxo y te mantiene muy entretenido...
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Critic Reviews
May 22, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
April 26, 2005
Kurt Loder, MTV
The movie is crowded and confusing ... [and] droops all the way down to one of the limpest, most inconsequential final scenes I have ever witnessed. full review
April 23, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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... full review
April 22, 2005
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Ticks along like a freshly wound-up clock, smart and precise, keeping its audience just breathless enough not to notice that more than two hours have passed. full review
April 21, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
What I admire most about the film is the way it enters the terms of this world -- of international politics, security procedures, shifting motives -- and observes the details of all-night stakeouts, s... full review
April 21, 2005
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Conventionally described as a political thriller, but The Interpreter is as apolitical as it is unthrilling. full review
April 21, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate
Too bloated with its own significance to deliver the requisite thrills. full review
April 21, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
It is the sort of thoughtful, grown-up entertainment that the big studios hardly make anymore. full review
April 20, 2005
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
Such, unfortunately, is the pitfall for thrillers that aim to be more literate and grownup than the usual fare: they sometimes forget to thrill. full review
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August 2, 2007Check out the video clip of Kidman Interview about "The Interpreter" (2005), Kidman looks great!
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