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The Tourist (2010)

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Average Rating: 4.3/10
Reviews Counted: 164
Fresh: 32 | Rotten: 132

The scenery and the stars are undeniably beautiful, but they can't make up for The Tourist's slow, muddled plot, or the lack of chemistry between Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie.

10

Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 28

The scenery and the stars are undeniably beautiful, but they can't make up for The Tourist's slow, muddled plot, or the lack of chemistry between Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie.

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Movie Info

American tourist Frank (Johnny Depp) meets a mysterious beauty who drags him into a dangerous world of intrigue and espionage while traveling through Europe in director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's paranoid thriller. When Frank met Elise (Angelina Jolie) on the train, he thought it was a chance encounter. Little did Frank realize it was all part of a much bigger plan, one that would soon find him dodging bullets through both the historic streets of Paris and the winding canals of Venice.

PG-13, 1 hr. 43 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Mar 22, 2011

$67.6M

Columbia Pictures

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Critic Reviews for The Tourist

All Critics (165) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (34) | Rotten (133) | DVD (12)

"Sure, the plot is preposterous, but the two stars look great, the scenery is spectacular and the supporting cast is a hoot."

December 17, 2010 Full Review Source: Richard Roeper.com | Comments (10)
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper.com
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In a year of craptaculars, The Tourist deserves burial at the bottom of the 2010 dung heap.

December 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | Comments (9)
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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As for Depp, his character makes so little sense that he can hardly be blamed for blinking his way through the movie with an expression of blank-faced puzzlement that recalls Dan Quayle in the 1988 vice-presidential debate.

December 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Slate | Comments (3)
Dana Stevens
Slate
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What should have sizzled fizzles.

December 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comments (2)
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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Jolie! Depp! Romantic locations! Intrigue! Some movies sound too good to be true. The Tourist is one of them.

December 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Detroit News | Comment
Tom Long
Detroit News
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The Tourist merely asks you to sit back and enjoy the ride, and then makes that task a breeze.

December 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | Comments (2)
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
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Overall an interesting and at times very gripping film, but one that perhaps could have done with taking a few more risks

August 30, 2011 Full Review Source: The National | Comment
James Luxford
The National Source: The National

It's a self-conscious attempt at a Hollywood caper with the mix of comedy, romance and conspiracy watered down to the point where you can see straight through it.

July 14, 2011 Full Review Source: Digital Spy | Comment
Stella Papamichael
Digital Spy

Depp and Jolie together create a chemical black hole. They couldn't produce sparks with dry hair and a comb.

May 3, 2011 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | Comment (1)
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

The Tourist certainly looks fabulous - as befits the setting, the stars and the gorgeous costumes . The trouble is that Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's movie is far too elegant to break into a sweat ... The viewer's pulse doesn't quicken.

May 3, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Talk | Comment
Jason Best
Movie Talk Source: Movie Talk

Something has gone really, really wrong here.

April 4, 2011 Full Review Source: Movies.com | Comment
Dave White
Movies.com

I'm afraid the stars' vacation videos are probably more interesting than this poorly handled mistaken-identity caper, which isn't funny enough to be a comedy or dramatic enough to be a thriller.

April 3, 2011 Full Review Source: Scene-Stealers.com | Comment
Eric Melin
Scene-Stealers.com

... somehow this lavish light thriller stumbles through the set pieces and bobbles the star chemistry.

March 26, 2011 Full Review Source: Seanax.com | Comment
Sean Axmaker
Seanax.com

An incredibly dull low-key thriller barely driven by its two A-list leads.

March 23, 2011 Full Review Source: IGN DVD | Comment
R. L. Shaffer
IGN DVD

Puzzling identities, double-crosses, and rooftop chases? Perhaps. The Tourist is far more compelling in a playfully sensual state, fixating on chemistry rather than uninspired thriller mechanics.

March 19, 2011 Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com | Comment
Brian Orndorf
BrianOrndorf.com

The steamy and barely restrained cat and mouse chemistry between Jolie and Depp is palpable throughout. And laced with stylishly provocative wit and charm, in an enigmatic tango between the entrapped nicotine nut and predatory love junkie in charge.

March 14, 2011 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | Comment
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

On paper, The Tourist sounds like a dream film -- two of the hottest actors alive, in a charmingly frothy romantic crime caper set in one of the most beautiful cities on earth. So why didn't it come alive on screen?

February 18, 2011 Full Review Source: Future Movies UK | Comment
Coco Forsythe
Future Movies UK Source: Future Movies UK

The Tourist is best considered an expensive travel ad for Venice rather than the sexy, action-packed, sassy thriller we were all hoping for.

February 10, 2011 Full Review Source: What Culture | Comment
Shaun Munro
What Culture Source: What Culture

The Tourist is a mildly pleasant cinematic journey.

February 6, 2011 Full Review Source: Cinemaclips.com | Comment
Roger Tennis
Cinemaclips.com Source: Cinemaclips.com

Teria sido melhor acompanhar a viagem da personagem em tempo real até a cidade italiana do que vê-la percorrendo sonâmbula as maquinações estúpidas de um roteiro sabotado pela falta de entusiasmo de um cineasta com preguiça.

January 21, 2011 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | Comment
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Hampered by its lack of narrative tension or palpable sense of romance.

January 11, 2011 Full Review Source: Flicks.co.nz | Comment
Steve Newall
Flicks.co.nz
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"The Tourist" is a very poor movie. Of course, it represents Hollywood at it's worst. The movie was never intended to have any value. It's sole purpose was to cash in on the star power of Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. There is no way that this script would have been brought to life without those names attached.

April 20, 2012
Jason Calvin
Jason Calvin

Super Reviewer

Critics have nothing on The Tourist because it seemed to fly right by their heads that at it's core, The Tourist is a fluff of ROMEDY and should be judged as such.The espionage premise plays a huge backseat role in what is one of the most well acted/scripted romantic comedies I've seen in awhile. The chemistry between

April 11, 2012
Drake Tsui
Drake Tsui

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The Tourist Quotes

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    1. Elise Clifton-Ward: It's the um... the Roman god, Janus. My mother gave it to me when I was little. She wanted to teach me that people have two sides. A good side, a bad side, a past, a future. And that we must embrace both in someone we love. And I tried...
    – Submitted by Karina V (7 months ago)
    1. Frank Tupelo: I'm sorry
    2. Elise Clifton-Ward: What for?
    3. Frank Tupelo: Aha.
    4. Frank Tupelo: Oh do you mind me smoking, it's not a real cigarette, look! It delivers the same amount of nicotine, but the smoke is water vapor.
    5. Elise Clifton-Ward: That's somewhat disappointing.
    6. Frank Tupelo: Would you rather have me smoking?
    7. Elise Clifton-Ward: I'd rather you be a man who does exactly as he pleased.
    – Submitted by James W (8 months ago)
    1. Inspector John Acheson: Well, he won't be dueling tonight.
    – Submitted by Inez J (9 months ago)
    1. Reginald Shaw: You'll find life is not quite so giving to an ugly woman.
    – Submitted by Hanna K (10 months ago)
    1. Elise Clifton-Ward: 20 million dollars worth of plastic surgery. And that's the face you choose.
    2. Frank Tupelo: You don't like it?
    3. Elise Clifton-Ward: It will do.
    – Submitted by Hanna K (10 months ago)

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