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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: An exceedingly smart thriller that flirts with political reality, something you don't expect in a Hollywood film as slick as this one. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: It's refreshing to come across a big-budget Hollywood production that expects the viewer to pay attention and that acknowledges there is a world beyond the United States' borders. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Ticks along like a freshly wound-up clock, smart and precise, keeping its audience just breathless enough not to notice that more than two hours have passed. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: The kind of polished, exciting treat the movies should give us far more regularly. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: It's hard to know what is more impressive, the artistry of The Interpreter or the sheer craft of it. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: You have two big movie stars reminding us of how they became movie stars. Because they're great actors. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: As sleek and solid as a late-'50s Cadillac, The Interpreter is very much your father's -- perhaps, your grandfather's -- thriller. And that's a good thing. Read more
Scott Tobias, AV Club: The film's themes are disappointingly vague and unspecific, built around a fictitious African country that stands for anywhere -- and consequently nowhere. Read more
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: Like certain prescriptions, The Interpreter can cause drowsiness and should not be viewed while operating heavy machinery. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Chokes on its well-meant outrage and leaves a moth-eaten plot and handful of nonsense characters on its way to a dopey finish. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A good film that would very much like to be better, but that was not to be. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: An uncommonly well-crafted political thriller. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: When the film trusts the audience, The Interpreter is an intriguing outing. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: An old pro's demonstration of how a politically relevant big-release flick can still effectively be done. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: It's a thoughtful and thought-provoking thriller that doesn't pander to the audience for the sake of creating thrills. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: If you're on your toes you'll have fingered at least one of the perps 20 minutes into the movie. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: Pollack is a solid worker bee, but he would be the first to admit he is no Hitchcock. Read more
Ken Tucker, New York Magazine/Vulture: Penn is terrific in his low-key doggedness. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: The confused script even bungles its central dramatic situation. Read more
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: An intelligent, old-fashioned nail-biter. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: Conventionally described as a political thriller, but The Interpreter is as apolitical as it is unthrilling. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: I was steadily absorbed by The Interpreter, even though much of the plot didn't make a great deal of sense. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: Muddled, dreary and preposterous. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It's fitting that a movie about communication should be so chatty that it talks much of the drama right out of itself. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: What I admire most about the film is the way it enters the terms of this world -- of international politics, security procedures, shifting motives -- and observes the details of all-night stakeouts, shop talk, and interlocking motives and strategies. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: While it pains me to beat up on Pollack, who, in addition to being a consistently wonderful actor, is at least attempting to make movies the old-fashioned way, it pains me more to actually sit through his movies. Read more
David Edelstein, Slate: Too bloated with its own significance to deliver the requisite thrills. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: It is the sort of thoughtful, grown-up entertainment that the big studios hardly make anymore. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Where the bricks of plot lack the mortar of credibility, there ain't much building going on. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Rare is the movie where the performances can make up for an almost fatally flawed script. This is one of them. Read more
Dave Calhoun, Time Out: This is largely a competent, successful thriller, but observing global politics from this perspective is an uncomfortable, frustrating experience. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: As always, Pollack's polished professionalism reps a significant pleasure in itself, and the presence of the U.N. front-and-center is a spectacle to behold. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: [A] reasonably effective and old-school geopolitical thriller. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: As a straight-ahead thriller, the movie is enjoyable and stirring much of the time. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: You're left with admirable, even noble, wreckage, but wreckage it is. Read more