...[Ridley] Scott's most entertaining and involving effort since 2001's Black Hawk Down.
CommentFeb 21, 2010
Body of Lies (2008)
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Reviews Counted:194
Fresh:102
Rotten:92
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Body of Lies relies on the performances of Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio to elevate it beyond the conventional espionage thriller.
Theatrical Release: Oct 8, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $39.4M
Synopsis: Based on Washington Post columnist David Ignatius’ 2007 novel about a CIA operative, Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio), who uncovers a lead on a major... [More]
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani
Director: Ridley Scott
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REVIEWS FOR BODY OF LIES
It doesn't help that those action scenes all blend together, relying overmuch on speeding convoys of big black SUVs and surveillance planes that can see you picking your nose from miles up.
Dec 24, 2009
Visually, the film is quite striking. Few modern filmmakers handle desert landscapes as well as Mr. Scott.
Aug 30, 2009
Short on thrills and shorter on political insights
Aug 26, 2009
A certain rawness and despairing urgency is never quite achieved for the message the film wants to deliver, and so it remains a well-intentioned, well-produced, yet generally unmemorable entertainment.
Mar 31, 2009
Passable entertainment -- but definitely not on par with the usual DiCaprio, Crowe, or Ridley Scott output.
Feb 27, 2009
For those of us who want movies to be about something and not just empty action with minimal shallow 'moral of the story' tacked on, Body of Lies is a disappointment.
Feb 15, 2009
...better than a lot of the post 9/11 espionage films that Hollywood has made.
Feb 12, 2009
If you're going to have a mall-ready entertainment about the war on terror, you might as well have this one. [Blu-ray]
Feb 11, 2009
When Russell Crowe gives a lackluster performance, you know how meager a year it's been at the movies. In Body of Lies, Crowe is bogged down in a thankless role in a thankless movie.
Feb 1, 2009
Básicamente un buen film de entretenimiento sobre un tema "serio" como el combate al terrorismo, armado de manera eficaz aunque superficial.
Dec 15, 2008
Como diversão, Rede de Mentiras merece aplausos. Isto não impedirá, claro, que ele seja relegado ao esquecimento completo dentro de poucos anos.
Nov 28, 2008
Better than the vast majority of the post-9/11 terrorist yarns, Body of Lies is both more ambiguous and ambitious than such heavy-handed duds as Rendition and Redacted.
Nov 26, 2008
Perhaps Scott’s ever-restless shooting style doesn’t quite differentiate between the peaks and troughs of the narrative, yet it’s still an engrossing account of the intersection between process and ethics.
Nov 21, 2008
Like Syriana without either the balls or the brains, Body Of Lies is perfectly presentable. You just expect better from the likes of Leo, Russ and Ridley.
Nov 21, 2008
But despite the immaculate production values, the satire is so unspeakably crude that it ceases to matter. A shame. Scott has been an instrumental director in the Hollywood evolution of war films. But Body of Lies is a one-note rant.
Nov 21, 2008
Body of Lies is big and bombastic, confused and irritable - a 20th-century blockbuster struggling to adapt (too little, too late) to a 21st-century terrain.
Nov 21, 2008
Scott, at heart, is a pyrotechnician rather than a political philosopher. Sometimes, during the scenes when he shows graphic acts of torture, he seems like a two-penny shock merchant, too.
Nov 21, 2008
With high-class acts to match the hi-tech savvy of Scott and his trusty crew (cinematographer Alexander Witt, editor Pietro Scalia, composer Mark Streitenfeld), this is as taut and engrossing a couple of hours as you’ll experience all year.
Nov 21, 2008
Syriana, this ain’t. Ridley Scott’s latest misses the scope, texture or depth to dig into the moral mess of the war on terror. But this entertaining techno-thriller feeds greedily off star performances from Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Strong.
Nov 21, 2008
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October 7, 2008:
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August 14, 2008:
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