Escalating events begin when African-born U.N. translator Silvia Broome alleges that she has overheard a death threat against an African head of state, spoken in a rare dialect few people other than Silvia can understand. With the words "The Teacher will never leave this room alive," in an instant, Silvia's life is turned upside down as she becomes a hunted target of the killers. Placed under the protection of federal agent Tobin Keller, Silvia's world only grows more nightmarish. As Keller digs deeper into his eyewitnesses' past and her secretive world of global connections, the more suspicious he becomes that she herself might be involved in the conspiracy. With every step of the way, he finds more reasons to mistrust her. Is Sylvia a victim? A suspect? Or something else entirely? And can Tobin, coping with his own personal heartache, keep her safe? Though they must depend on one another, Silvia and Tobin couldn't be more different. Silvia's strengths are words, diplomacy and the subtleties of meaning, while Tobin is all about instinct, action and reading into the most primal human behaviors. Now, as the danger of a major assassination on U.S. soil grows and Silvia's life hangs in the balance, Silvia and Tobin play out a gripping dance of evasion and revelation that keeps them both guessing as they race to stop a terrifying international crisis before it's too late.
Alternate Ending, Deleted Scenes, Sydney Pollack at work: From concept to cutting room, Interpreting Pan & Scan Vs. Widescreen, Audio Commentary with Director Sydney Pollack, The Ultimate movie set: The United Nations, A Day in the life of real Interpreters, Trailers
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The interpreter is meant to be a taught politcal thriller helmed by a very able Director in Sydney Pollack and starring possibly the best male actor in the world. The problem this movie has besides a predictable storyline and bad acting on the part of Nicole Kidman is that none of the events in the story create any real tension, this is probably a result of the movie being so cliche'd. Sean Penn plays a cold calculating FBI agent given the task to watch over a U.N interpreter who is in mortal danger but is the interpreter telling him the truth? Throw in your usual plot devices and a love interest and you have this ok but nowhere near fantastic movie.
this had a really good premise i thought, and really had promise to be a gripping dramatic thriller. however i just found nicole kidman to be altogether a bit too cold to bring anything to the role, and she didnt really leave me believing what she said. an interesting plot though, makes you think for most of the movie about whats going to happen.
it has all the elements to make up a grand espionage drama, but Pollack and the all-star cast fail to ignite this film. THE INTERPRETER should have worked but it doesn't, leaving it the sort of film that cries out for a remake the day shooting wraps. The story plods along at an elephantine pace; the willowy Kidman is too morally ambiguous to gain the audience's sympathy; Sean Penn is convincing but cranky. No one seems to speak over a murmur even at the most dramatic moments. The contrivance of a fictional country is far too quaint for the world-is-the-size-of-a-grape 21st century. In the end, the requisite suspense simply never builds, leaving THE INTERPRETER an intelligent, well-made, well-acted, and supremely boring film.
Unimpressive feature revolving around intrigue in the UN. Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn fill the lead roles and Kidmans character in particular is so unbelievable that no talent could save it. I have no idea why this movie was accompanied by so much hype as it was quite boring!
The plot of "The Interpreter" can quickly slip away from you if you don't pay attention. Not because it is hard to follow but because it simply isn't engaging enough. Kidman and Penn do their best with what they have to work with but at the end to the day, "The Interpreter" just treads well-worn ground. Give it a try but don't expect too much.
a very formulaic movie with a good performance by sean penn but unfourtunately nicole kidman as the damsell in distress come femme fatale is horribly acted as her accent changes so many times within the movie its incredibly hard to suspend your disbelief. an ok thriller though even with the awful nicole kidman, not the best thriller ever though.
For a serious thriller The Interpreter manages to be quite slight. There are moments when it looks like it wants to be all Hitchcockian, and others it seems to want to be a melodrama. But somehow it doesn't manage to come up with enough of its own individuality to make it convincing. This essential failing destroys the entire film's credibility.
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