RENDITIONWorking in a film company means I get the opportunity to see any films that the company releases before most people. So back in August I was asked to watch the new Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal and Meryl Streep Picture: Rendition. The film is considered to be one of the Oscar front runners but after viewing the film I can't say that I agree. This Film is about an Egyptian chemist Anwar El-Ibrahami (Omar Metwally), who has a pregnant wife (Reese Witherspoon) and 6-year-old boy in the United States, mysteriously disappears when the CIA removes him from his flight home from South Africa and deports him back to Egypt where he's imprisoned and systematically tortured since he's suspected of having collaborated with the terrorists. After the disappearance his wife Isabella contacts a friend in Washington (Peter Sarsgaard) who works for a high-powered senator (Alan Arkin) that might be able to look into Anwar's disappearance, although they both are tenuous about damaging their own image by supporting someone potentially with roots to terrorists. Meanwhile, CIA analyst Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal) has been called in by his superior (Meryl Streep) to supervise the torture of Anwar by a high-powered Egyptian official and help gain any necessary information.
The acting in the picture is fantastic, especially by Meryl Streep. She works terrifically as a cold-hearted CIA supervisor but since there is so many characters the time each actor is on screen is limited. I was expecting screen time between Jake and Reese since this is picture where they met and started dating but oddly enough they do not have one scene together. Rendition has all the elements with the story, the actors and director but the picture is just lacking something and the ending will leave you wanting more explanations. As I said people are excepting this to be one of this year's Oscar films just like Babel but will be quite disappointed. I definitely recommend seeing this picture when it is released on DVD but as for paying eleven dollars in the theatre no unless you want to see superior acting from Meryl Streep. Rendition is scheduled to be released on October 19, 2007 (Running time: 2 hours, 2 Minutes). GRADE: B-
Official Movie Site:
www.RenditionMovie.com
The acting in the picture is fantastic, especially by Meryl Streep. She works terrifically as a cold-hearted CIA supervisor but since there is so many characters the time each actor is on screen is limited. I was expecting screen time between Jake and Reese since this is picture where they met and started dating but oddly enough they do not have one scene together. Rendition has all the elements with the story, the actors and director but the picture is just lacking something and the ending will leave you wanting more explanations. As I said people are excepting this to be one of this year's Oscar films just like Babel but will be quite disappointed. I definitely recommend seeing this picture when it is released on DVD but as for paying eleven dollars in the theatre no unless you want to see superior acting from Meryl Streep. Rendition is scheduled to be released on October 19, 2007 (Running time: 2 hours, 2 Minutes). GRADE: B-
Official Movie Site:
www.RenditionMovie.com
3 comments:
You're lucky you get to see movies for free! This sounds like a movie I would def. wait to see on dvd. Nice pics (again)!
Yeah I def am Lucky about that...I love going to the movies too and we have some good ones coming out soon!!
Interesting to know.
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