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By Ethan Alter (997) for Giant Magazine (68) on 11 Oct 2008

It's official: the Ridley Scott who created such signature visions as Blade Runner and Alien is dead and has been replaced by a pod person…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for tonymedley.com (461) on 11 Oct 2008

Despite a too-long running time, a silly Hollywood ending, and an unconvincing love interest, this is a well-made, high energy, fast-paced…

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By Michael Dance (46) for The Cinema Source (46) on 11 Oct 2008

DiCaprio plays a hero with terrible judgment, while Crowe hams up a pointless part to the detriment of the movie…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for KyleSmithOnline.com (53) on 11 Oct 2008

Gets across a palpable sense of Iraq fatigue. Which is another way of saying it invites the audience to see the talking-Chihuahua picture instead…

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By Gina Carbone (187) for Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (187) on 11 Oct 2008

Body of Lies could've been one of those gag trailers at the beginning of Tropic Thunder…

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By Ross Anthony (612) for Hollywood Report Card (612) on 10 Oct 2008

I'm usually not crazy about thrillers, but this one had me engaged from start to finish…

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By Betty Jo Tucker (725) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 10 Oct 2008

Body of Lies' ends up being a mostly chaotic movie featuring lead characters it's hard to care about…

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By John P. Mccarthy (315) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 10 Oct 2008

There's just not much being said in 'Body of Lies.' When it comes to novel ideas, everyone gets left out in the cold…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 09 Oct 2008

The world of Body of Lies should feel chaotic and dangerous…

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Movie City News (162) on 09 Oct 2008

It's an exciting movie, done in the flashy, breath-catching hyper-visual mode we expect from Scott. But in the end, it gets bogged down…

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By Gary Wolcott (857) for Tri-City Herald (818) on 09 Oct 2008

A palpable tension grinds on you for a bit over two-hours and leaves you as drained as the film's characters…

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By Christopher Orr (399) for The New Republic (897) on 09 Oct 2008

Its chief bid at seriousness, a confrontational colloquy with the top terrorist near the end of the film, comes across as the awkward regurgitation…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 09 Oct 2008

Body of Lies is more than anything a missed opportunity -- or perhaps, given its cellular phoniness, a series of missed connections…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 09 Oct 2008

The world of Body of Lies should feel chaotic and dangerous…

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By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Christianity Today (953) on 09 Oct 2008

Like Blade Runner, the film reminds us of the corrupting nature of power, and how those who look down on others often fail to understand the…

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By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 09 Oct 2008

Though Body of Lies hews a bit too closely to convention, it still engages throughout thanks to DiCaprio and director Scott…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 09 Oct 2008

Body of Lies is an intelligent geopolitical thriller that ... is really about the manipulation of people like chess pieces on a worldwide board…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 09 Oct 2008

It's a little bit of Syriana, a lot of Traitor -- and an awful lot of scenes of people cursing into cell phones…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 09 Oct 2008

Unfortunately, we've seen variations on this story a dozen times…

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By Graham Killeen (120) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 09 Oct 2008

An apocalyptic vision of cloak-and-dagger intelligence, Lies is like a suicide note written by Tom Clancy, but the movie's gloomy inaccessibility…

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