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Good solid far-fetched multiplex action-adventure fare in the Bondian mode, with awe-inspiring technology and just enough moral philosophizing laced through it to give the mind a little something to chew on.
Just because it's really dense and layered doesn't mean it's good.
A complicated movie about the war on terror with two terrific performances and a terrific director.
DiCaprio's solid, though I wonder if a real CIA agent could get away with looking so earnest every second. Crowe has the right idea, in addition to all the fun: Just throw it away, throw it away and pretty soon you build yourself a clever characterization
Yes, there are a couple of chase scenes, but Scott rarely shifts into high gear.
A high-priced potboiler that never comes to a boil.
It has none of the sweep of, say, Syriana, as if that mattered to the audience it's gunning for.
Russell Crowe has finally realised he's just an ordinary fat guy now, and taken a role he can accurately portray.
Body of Lies is an extremely well paced, tightly wound, and intensely violent thriller. There is no damnation or congratulations here. As Russell Crowe muses as the end: "No one is innocent"
...[Ridley] Scott's most entertaining and involving effort since 2001's Black Hawk Down.
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.
Visually, the film is quite striking. Few modern filmmakers handle desert landscapes as well as Mr. Scott.
Short on thrills and shorter on political insights
I am just getting tired of the preaching I have to endure as a film critic.
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.
Body of Lies is a taut, captivating thriller that deserves attention both from thrill-seekers and thinking people.
Passable entertainment -- but definitely not on par with the usual DiCaprio, Crowe, or Ridley Scott output.
...a respectable spy film, with plenty of thought and action, transferred to Blu-ray disc in terrific high-definition picture and sound. (Blu-ray Edition)
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