The Good Shepherd (2006)
56 %
Reviews Counted: 161 Fresh: 90 Rotten:71 Average Rating: 6.1/10
Consensus:
This fictitious CIA origin film is an overlong, tedious effort that leaves viewers with more questions than answers.
Runtime: 2 hrs 48 mins
Theatrical Release: Dec 22, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $59,839,040
Synopsis: With THE GOOD SHEPHERD, Robert De Niro (A BRONX TALE) makes an ambitious return to the director's chair. A labor of love for Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth (FORREST GUMP), the film tells an epic, fictionalized account of how the Central Intelligence Agency was born. Matt Damon plays... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Joe Pesci, John Turturro, Alec Baldwin
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01/15/08
Damn near drowns itself with its unwaveringly solemn sense of importance
10/25/07
Seems thoroughly conflicted about whether it actually buys what it's selling.
06/27/07
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06/22/07
A pesar de su extensa duración, la película no parece tener un minuto de sobra. El relato es apasionante, y está servido por un actor-director que ha aprendido mucho de sus maestros.
04/27/07
In a mystery worthy of the CIA, The Good Shepherd ends up being both too long and too short.
03/24/07
The Good Shepherd tells a compelling, complex, personal and political story and tells it extremely well. It's an engrossing film.
03/20/07
Apropriadamente mergulhado em sombras e belíssimas imagens em contraluz, é o segundo trabalho de De Niro como diretor, que revela, aqui, um olhar inspirado para composições e, como já era de se esperar, um talento inegável para a condução do elenco.
03/16/07
Better than any of the feature film versions of John le Carre's novels and nearly as good as the TV mini-series based on Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People.
02/26/07
Not a film everyone will like. But those who do will appreciate De Niro's insistence on accurate detail.
02/23/07
165 minutes of my life I will never get back, damn it. This is one shepherd that’s lost control of its flock.
02/23/07
De Niro deserves credit for the broad, ambitious canvas he's worked on, but his movie is just as mechanical and humourless as his protagonist.
02/23/07
On paper this had “belter” written all over it. Sadly, Damon’s lifeless performance in the lead role failed to keep me gripped throughout the movie’s bum-numbing 167 minutes.
02/23/07
Touches are just enough to earn The Good Shepherd a third star. But De Niro might want to stick to acting in future.
02/23/07
A wan, muted film that is never less than interesting, but rarely more than that either.
02/23/07
It's well built but the Matt Damon character remains blank and too young to be convincing. It's solid, but like Damon himself it's a bit dull.
02/23/07
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