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By Brandon Fibbs (448) for Colorado Springs Gazette (140) on 09 Oct 2008

Like the intelligence officers it portrays, Body of Lies uses double-crosses and slight of hand to conceal a fairly formulaic story and a climax…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 09 Oct 2008

A cut above some of the other recent spate of Middle East-set thrillers…

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By Abbie Bernstein (403) for iF Magazine (71) on 09 Oct 2008

Where BODY OF LIES does succeed very well is in demonstrating the multitude of ways in which even very well-thought-out plans to make the world…

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By Kevin Williamson (186) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 09 Oct 2008

Given the giga-talent involved -- virtuoso visualist Scott, The Departed's William Monahan adapting Washington Post columnist David Ignatius's…

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By Eugene Novikov (936) for Film Blather (908) on 08 Oct 2008

Easily the smartest film to date about the post-9/11 'war on terror…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 08 Oct 2008

An unfocused, almost pointless spy thriller…

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By Bill Gibron (1,013) for PopMatters (2,617) on 08 Oct 2008

Anchored by an amazing performance by Leonardo DiCaprio and little else, Body of Lies limps along for over two hours, never amounting to more…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 08 Oct 2008

The film lacks the urgency and, ironically, the intelligence required for something along these lines to succeed…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 08 Oct 2008

As disturbing as it is compelling, Ridley Scott has outdone himself with his first modern-day political thriller, delivering his strongest…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 08 Oct 2008

The movie has the fungible quality of the kind of book you buy for an airplane trip and toss as soon as you arrive…

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By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 08 Oct 2008

Body of Lies is certainly one of most well-crafted and intellectually engaging political thrillers to come along this year…

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By Sean O'connell (919) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 08 Oct 2008

A bewildering mishmash of double-crosses, cover-ups, and cliches, Monahan's treatment unfortunately undermines some terrific performances and…

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By Jeffrey Lyles (696) for Gazette (MD) (105) on 08 Oct 2008

Oscar voters leery of voting for (gasp…

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By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 08 Oct 2008

Body of Lies nearly goes too far…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 08 Oct 2008

Lies is a turgid Middle Eastern thriller, firing blanks as an action submission and presenting a wet match to light the fire of political discourse…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 08 Oct 2008

Makes the threats, the obstacles and the explosions seem shatteringly real…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 08 Oct 2008

It's no surprise that Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe are so good in Body of Lies, Ridley Scott's thrilling film about the war on terror,…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 08 Oct 2008

Curiously lightweight...escapes neither the slick histrionics of a typical studio blockbuster nor the clumsiness that afflicts movies with…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 08 Oct 2008

Isn't it time someone did a serious cost-benefit analysis on the filmmaking partnership of Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott…

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By Joe Lozito (463) for Big Picture Big Sound (482) on 08 Oct 2008

A tight, first-rate espionage thriller that casts a bleak light on American involvement in the Middle East…

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