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The International (2009)

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Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 200
Fresh: 118 | Rotten: 82

The International boasts some electric action sequences and picturesque locales, but is undone by its preposterous plot.

56

Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 18

The International boasts some electric action sequences and picturesque locales, but is undone by its preposterous plot.

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Average Rating: 3/5
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Clive Owen and Naomi Watts star in Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer's action thriller concerning an ambitious Interpol agent who targets corruption at the top levels of the world's largest banking institutions. The world's most powerful banks have become hopelessly corrupt, prompting Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Owen) and Manhattan assistant district attorney Eleanor Whitman (Watts) to follow a dangerous money trail from Berlin to Milan to New York and Istanbul. But as determined as Agent

R, 1 hr. 58 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Eric Warren Singer

Jun 9, 2009

$25.5M

Sony Pictures/Columbia

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Critic Reviews for The International

All Critics (202) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (123) | Rotten (84) | DVD (16)

The International is strewn with wild improbability, but that hardly deters from its appeal.

March 6, 2009 Full Review Source: Film.com | Comment
Jonathan F. Richards
Film.com
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Killer banks may be new to the movies, but there's nothing else original in this if-it's-Tuesday-this-must-be-Istanbul thriller, with its portentous globe-hopping and racing through colorful street bazaars.

February 23, 2009 Full Review Source: New Yorker | Comment
David Denby
New Yorker
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A sleek conspiracy thriller from German director Tom Tykwer.

February 17, 2009 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comment
Ben Mankiewicz
At the Movies
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A slow road to nowhere, less clunky than The Interpreter but bogged down by its own cynicism.

February 17, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Magazine | Comment (1)
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
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I was really disappointed.

February 17, 2009 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comment
Ben Lyons
At the Movies
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The sour taste of revenge is pretty sweet here.

February 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | Comment
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor
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Take away the Guggenheim shootout and we've at least got Clive Owen at half throttle. Take away Owen and there's nothing left but the tired old mystic cabal of sadistic sorcerers.

August 16, 2011 Full Review Source: East Bay Express | Comment
Kelly Vance
East Bay Express

...an exceptional thriller that's consistently elevated by the uniformly superb performances and Tom Tykwer's subdued yet stylish directorial choices.

March 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

A thankfully, skillfully mature effort by Tykwer to produce a proper thriller for adults, one even lent a little extra resonance by our currently cash-strapped times.

December 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinematical | Comment
William Goss
Cinematical

Think of it as the cinematic equivalent of a chunky paperback thriller that gets you through a week-long holiday.

September 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Florida Times-Union | Comment
Matt Soergel
Florida Times-Union

It's not a bad thriller, but it's dispiriting to see the gifted Tykwer doing the Ridley Scott fandango

August 26, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment (1)
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

The International packs handsome leads and exotic scenery - so why doesn't the film click with audiences like it should?

July 16, 2009 Full Review Source: What Would Toto Watch? | Comment
Christian Toto
What Would Toto Watch?

Tykwer demonstra conhecer as convenções básicas do gênero espionagem ao trazer uma atmosfera de intriga internacional à narrativa.

June 20, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | Comments (2)
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

[Plays] itself as a mystery/thriller with something profound to say at the end, when we've pretty much heard a lot of this already.

June 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | Comments (3)
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

A competent film with a competent cast, despite a by-the-numbers script. It's just unfortunate that we've seen so much of this before, and that the film meanders, then lurches earnestly toward a conclusion.

June 14, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
James Plath
Movie Metropolis
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Clive Owen and Naomi Watts are two of my favorites and together they helped me enjoy this film. A good hefty dose of action and some excellent thriller type moments as suspense combine for a good smart movie.

August 30, 2009
jmanard52
John Manard

Super Reviewer

Clive Owen's one of the few actors that have caught me off guard through his performances in "Inside Man", "Children of Men", and "Sin City" and his performance in "The International" delivers, but what a horribly convoluted screenplay. "The International" suffers from a narrow, one-dimensional plot with no heart, at

October 27, 2011
Albert Kim
Albert Kim

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    1. Louis Salinger: Sometimes you find your destiny on the road you took to avoid it.
    – Submitted by Nusfish K (11 days ago)

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