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Angelina Jolie conveys the full emotional range of a woman in a desperate situation in A Mighty Heart, an urgent yet tactful film about a difficult subject.
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Knowing how this harrowing story played out in real life doesn't diminish its power in the slightest. Oct 18, 2008 | Full Review…
Knowing how this harrowing story played out in real life doesn't diminish its power in the slightest.
Bob Mondello
Although it is impossible to erase the spectre of Brangelina from your mind altogether while watching Jolie inhabit the role of Mariane Pearl, you can manage it for surprisingly long stretches at a time. Oct 19, 2007 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Although it is impossible to erase the spectre of Brangelina from your mind altogether while watching Jolie inhabit the role of Mariane Pearl, you can manage it for surprisingly long stretches at a time.
Sandra Hall
Jolie, dominating nearly every scene, is rather remarkable in this star vehicle, effectively conveying a convincing combination of unwavering dedication and the dire desperation of a woman who insists on remaining at the center of the search for her man. Oct 1, 2007 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Jolie, dominating nearly every scene, is rather remarkable in this star vehicle, effectively conveying a convincing combination of unwavering dedication and the dire desperation of a woman who insists on remaining at the center of the search for her man.
Kam Williams
For all its kinetic energy and sweep, Michael Winterbottom's hyperactive new film is really nothing more than a very, very classy TV movie. Sep 21, 2007 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
For all its kinetic energy and sweep, Michael Winterbottom's hyperactive new film is really nothing more than a very, very classy TV movie.
Peter Bradshaw
Emotionally and viscerally compelling and retains a suspenseful, edge-of-the-seat quality. Sep 1, 2007 | Rating: 3.5/4
Emotionally and viscerally compelling and retains a suspenseful, edge-of-the-seat quality.
Claudia Puig
He [Winterbottom] approaches his subjects as very, very real, not just fodder for topical films. Jun 23, 2007 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
He [Winterbottom] approaches his subjects as very, very real, not just fodder for topical films.
Chris Vognar
Winterbottom tells the story in a similar docudrama vein: hand-held digital camera, a real feel and journalistic approach. There's an urgency in the way he shoots the restless Karachi streets. Jan 25, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Winterbottom tells the story in a similar docudrama vein: hand-held digital camera, a real feel and journalistic approach. There's an urgency in the way he shoots the restless Karachi streets.
Namrata Joshi
No preaching and no proselytizing. Just a horrible happening in a continually complicated world. Sep 30, 2010 | Full Review…
No preaching and no proselytizing. Just a horrible happening in a continually complicated world.
Tim Basham
[Jolie's] stunning performance is a career best and a powerful dedication to the strength and bravery of the real life Mariane Pearl. Jul 6, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
[Jolie's] stunning performance is a career best and a powerful dedication to the strength and bravery of the real life Mariane Pearl.
Thomas Caldwell
Torpid, faux-inspirational Aug 27, 2009 | Full Review…
Torpid, faux-inspirational
Fernando F. Croce
The film would be nothing without Angelina Jolie's brave, powerful performance. Sep 30, 2008 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The film would be nothing without Angelina Jolie's brave, powerful performance.
Wesley Lovell
It is to director Michael Winterbottom's (24 Hour Party People, Welcome to Sarajevo) credit that he can achieve such a powerful film without bludgeoning his audience with the images of the unspeakable violence that were inherent in Pearl's last days. Aug 21, 2008 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
It is to director Michael Winterbottom's (24 Hour Party People, Welcome to Sarajevo) credit that he can achieve such a powerful film without bludgeoning his audience with the images of the unspeakable violence that were inherent in Pearl's last days.
Heather Huntington
I really liked the fact that they kept it as real to life as possible and I believed that this had happened; although on a downside it made the film rather slow at times. Also I found it difficult to keep up with what was happening when there were several similar looking men pacing around and talking in a foreign language with no subtitles, it was difficult to figure out what was happening. Jolie gave a fantastic performance and I believed her as Mariane. It was heartbreaking to see her pain at finding out about her husbands execution. It did seem a bit strange however that she remained focused and in control of her emotions for the rest of the time after his death. I don't know if that was true of the real Mariane or not, but it is strange.
Super Reviewer
More thrilling - and much less weepy - than I expected, and a film in which Angelina Jolie carries out her role incredibly naturally, save for one scene, when the drama's at its highest, where she goes over the top. On the whole, A Mighty Heart was a surprise: an accessible adaptation of a difficult-to-understand true story that was helped along by decent performances from a group of relative unknowns. Worth seeing once.
This is the true story of the kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl, American journalist in Pakistan after 9/11. His widow, Mariane (also a journalist), wrote her memoirs of the event and is convincingly played by Angelina Jolie,(who i believe gave an outstanding performance). Even though we all know how things turn out, the movie is gripping early on and is worth seeing ~!
First, I have to say that I had no interest in this film, but someone bought me the DVD and, at last, I decided to give it a go. Even though this story is loyally based on true events, I constantly had the impression A Mighty Heart brought nothing new to the screen. Most of the film is an awful mess, with a clumsy direction and a very normal screenplay. Angelina Jolie handled well her French accent, but her performance was not that exceptional. The emotional aspect of the movie is not enough exploited and when it is, I just wanted to shut off the TV. Really, I didn't like this movie and I knew I wouldn't. I know it's an important movie and we all should watch it. I'm glad I finally did, but it still didn't impress me a bit.
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