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Body of Lies (2008)
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Reviews Counted:188
Fresh:96
Rotten:92
Average Rating:5.7/10
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 10, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $39,380,442
Synopsis: Leonardo DiCaprio fights terrorists for the CIA in this rapid-fire thriller from director Ridley Scott (GLADIATOR, BLACK HAWK DOWN). While Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) gets his hands dirty on the... [More]
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani
Director: Ridley Scott
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02/27/09
If the starry but soulless crime flick American Gangster wasn’t enough to convince you Ridley Scott was a man past his prime, check out Body Of Lies – a starry but soulless terrorism movie.
11/21/08
Mr. Scott's professionalism is, as ever, present in every frame and scene, but this time it seems singularly untethered from anything like zeal, conviction or even curiosity.
10/10/08
Top CriticThe Hollywood Surge still isn't working.
10/08/08
The plot devolves into a potboiler, reduced to a series of sequences wherein DiCaprio and Crowe can posture with the requisite machismo
10/08/08
But it's something of a penance to sit through, a token handwringing over American dirty tricks that's just another opportunity for Scott and co to blow stuff up.
11/21/08
Collaborating with a director who doesn’t give a damn, DiCaprio and Crowe have made a political action flick totally without emotional impact.
10/08/08
Just because it's really dense and layered doesn’t mean it’s good.
11/10/08
'Body of Lies' ends up being a mostly chaotic movie featuring lead characters it's hard to care about.
10/11/08
Hugely disappointing film, even moreso when considering the talent involved.
10/13/08
Lies is a turgid Middle Eastern thriller, firing blanks as an action submission and presenting a wet match to light the fire of political discourse.
10/09/08
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.
02/15/09
The world of Body of Lies should feel chaotic and dangerous. But Scott's camera, smoothly gliding across one stately image after another, keeps assuring us everything is fine.
10/10/08
Body of Lies is smart, sophisticated and hopelessly uninvolving.
10/10/08
The new Ridley Scott thriller, "Body of Lies," is a misfire, but not an embarrassment. So, that's positive, I guess.
10/16/08
The new Ridley Scott thriller, "Body of Lies," is a misfire, but not an embarrassment. So, that's positive, I guess.
10/16/08
"Body of Lies" is a cynical cinematic Kamikaze sortie where the goal is for the audience to disapprove of every smug American character and every super tricky Middle Easterner.
10/06/08
Unfortunately, we've seen variations on this story a dozen times.
10/10/08
Body of Lies grants Ferris the usual moral rightness -- even as he's committing questionable acts, he means well.
10/27/08
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