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Cast

Nicole Kidman
as Silvia Broome

Sean Penn
as Tobin Keller

Catherine Keener
as Dot Woods

Jesper Christensen
as Nils Lud

Yvan Attal
as Philippe

Earl Cameron
as Zuwanie

George Harris
as Kuman-kuman

Michael Wright
as Marcus

Clyde Kusatsu
as Police Chief Lee Wu

Hugo Speer
as Simon Broome

Patrick Ssenjovu
as Jad Jamal

Eric Keenleyside
as Rory Robb

Maz Jobrani
as Mo

Yusuf Gatewood
as Doug

Curtiss Cook
as Ajene Xola

Yusef Gatewood
as Doug

Curtis l'Cook
as Ajene Xola

Byron Utley
as Jean Gamba

Robert Clohessy
as FBI Agent King

Terry Serpico
as FBI Agent Lewis

David Wolos Fonteno
as Phillip Ostroff

John Knox
as Fred Jameson

David Zayas
as Charlie Russell

Lynne Deragon
as American Ambassador Davis

Christopher Evan Welch
as Jonathan Williams

Manuel Mawele
as African Boy

Dino Mulima
as African Boy

Litto
as African Boy

Adrian Martinez
as Roland

Tsai Chin
as Luan

Francine Roussel
as Isobel

Enid Graham
as Jenny

Lou Ferguson
as Matoban Ambassador

Okwui Okpokwasili
as Tour Guide

Vladimir Bibic
as G.A. President

Jacques Sebag
as French Ambassador

Pietro Gonzalez
as Chilean Ambassador

Michael Patrick McGrath
as Jonathan Ferris

Paul De Sousa
as Portuguese Janitor

Chris McKinney
as Forensic Officer

Martha Elliott
as Woman On Bus

Jim Ward
as U.N. Security Officer

Trevor Archer
as U.N. Security Officer

Ricardo Walker
as U.N. Security Officer

Harry O'Reilly
as U.N. Security Officer

Kirby Mitchell
as U.N. Security Officer

Guy A. Fortt
as U.N. Security Officer

Ramsey Faragallah
as Polygraph Technician

John Di Benedetto
as Mechanic

Bridget L. Doerksen
as Stripper

Ana Maria Lupo
as Stripper

Nelson Landrieu
as Spanish Speaking Interpreter

Leonid Citer
as Russian Interpreter

Satish Joshi
as Secretary General

Sophie Traub
as Young Silvia

Monty Ashton-Lewis
as Young Simon

Pat Kiernan
as Himself

Margot Staub
as News Reporter

Harry W. Prichett
as News Reporter

Ed Onipede Blunt
as News Reporter

Diane Winter
as British Airways Ticket Agent

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• Aug 03, 2011

  Tobin Keller: I'd rather make the mistake of believing her, than the bigger one of not.  "The truth needs no translation" Despite liking both Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn(both of whom give good performances), I was left underwhelmed when The Interpreter was all said and done. For the most part, it was really just a dull drama with some thriller elements tossed in here and there. It never had me on the edge of my seat like it could have. It's not technically a horrible movie, but I really found no joy in it. Other then the leads; the film doesn't really have any redeemable qualities. It's really dialogue heavy which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but the dialogue leaves a lot to be desired.  There are a few really interesting scenes, but as a whole the movie never really comes together. It doesn't flow at a good pace. It's slow, slower and then slowest and then for a three minute stretch it will pick up the pace. Then it will go back to it's snail crawl. I'm okay with slow films if they have good characters, dialogue and situations. This movie has one interesting character(Kidman's, Penn's character was lifeless, although he did play him well), bad dialogue and two or three cool situations. I really wish this would have turned out different with the people involved. But I guess I can just go watch one of Penn's or Kidman's countless great movies.
  Melvin W Super Reviewer
• Jan 21, 2011

  Taut, gripping and intelligent, The Interpreter works very well as intended - a political thriller. Looking at the premise and plot, the film could have been handled much clumsier than it actually was. Sean Penn puts his down-on-his-luck everyman charm to good use, but a great character seems a little wasted on Nicole Kidman. Her accent falters and she's all but very stiff, but it's nothing that cripples the film. The movie balances some far-out political conspiracies with a convincing look at the inner workings behind the security at the United Nations General Assembly, and it does help immensely that it was actually shot on-location at the UN. The film is very effective at both a macro and micro level; the international politics and personal emotional drama both carry to same amount of narrative weight. The late director Pollack is smart with his scenes and shots, and the film works best at pulling the audience along for the ride, and spinning a yarn so involving that the loopholes seem negligible.
  

  Jedd Y Super Reviewer
• Dec 28, 2010

  A disastrous film that wants to be more complex than it should be, coming up with more and more unnecessary details at the expense of simple concision, and so the obvious, predictable narrative gets lost amid contrivances, implausible scenes and plot holes the size of Africa.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• Nov 04, 2010

  "The Interpreter" is an emotional final film from Sydney Pollack. This is a classy picture that harkens back to the political thrillers of the 60s, but it's done in such a way that it actually hinders much of the plot. The plot, while fitfully absorbing, can dip into the convoluted, but thankfully, the strength of the characterizations and the accompanying performances make up for it. Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn deliver fine work, in roles that give them much more to do rather than fall in love or other such cliches of the genre. "The Interpreter", overall, works fine as a film but works better when viewed as the capstone for a talented director's career.
  Steven C Super Reviewer

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