THE INTERPRETER

Original title: L’Interprète (France)
Thriller

PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
Nicole Kidman: Silvia Broome, a UN interpreter
Sean Penn: Tobin Keller, a Secret Service agent
Dr. Edmond Zuwanie, dictator of Matobo, aka the Teacher

REVIEW
Too long, too complicated and too boring. At 2 hours and 9 minutes there is a need for some serious editing. And the story is very convoluted. Perhaps the reason it’s so confusing is because five writers collaborated on it? The movie also suffers from being slow and dull in spots. But it’s the acting, or should I say lack of acting: the roles the two lead actors are given requires very little of them. In fact, they could probably do it in their sleep.

CLASSIFICATION
for violence, some sexual content and brief strong language.

FOR NITPICKERS ONLY
Silvia gets slightly injured and winds up with blood on her left cheek. Sometimes it almost touches the corner of her mouth, while most of the time it is much shorter.