Review of A Mighty Heart (2007) by Jon C — 21 Jun 2017

Based on the heartbreaking true story of Danny Pearle and his wife Marianne.

After 9/11 they were married and expecting a child; Danny worked as a journalist and his wife was working with French contacts.

They go to Pakistan to uncover the truth about the current state of tensions escalating between them and the US but Danny is missing and his wife figures out he has been kidnapped and held hostage by terrorists.

She sets out to find him non-stop.

No one deserves to be separated from their loved ones in a hostile, politically corrupt nation but Angelina Jolie gives a firehouse of a performance.

It's so gutwrenching that you might be in tears by the end.

This is how far one person is willing to go to ask as many people as possible while also combating the bureaucratic individuals.

It makes sense too given that the US doesn't fully understand the Middle East and their views on the status of the world.

It's a bit long and the ending is a downer but it speaks to us that we all have to connect through our words, our reasoning, and our compassion.

Responding with threats, violence, and terror are not the way.

Jolie's performance is golden.