Review of The Interpreter (2005) by Kurtis A — 21 Jul 2012

"Love it or hate it, The Interpreter is never boring and always thrilling, despite the lack of surprises".

I was dazzled by The Interpreter. I'm not a fan of the two leads, but I really appreciate Sean Penn, as Nicole Kidman in my opinion, needs to improve her work. Well, the movie has acomplished the standards I expected: A fun ride.

Of course, it's just popcorn, and If you're good with it you will like it. But the thing that makes The Interpreter good is besides it's long duration, it always keep the audience tense, and that made the ending a little bit dissapointing (Nothing shockingly amazing happened).

It's also not much of an action thriller, more like a mix of drama and suspense. The Interpreter does not exagerates in explosions and striking visual effects, but in the elegant and rebel plot that somehow hiddens actual situations in the way.

I thought it was all ok for a popcorn thriller. Balanced acting and a maybe unattractive plot that works as the movie develops. Some minors problems that should have been fixed are things that seem missing to keep the puzzle together to a delightful popcorn flick, but instead, it's just plain good.

The UN Interpreter Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) overhears a conversation of two men talking while looking for forgotten objects, where they plan to kill "The Master". She gets compromised and escapes, and later learns the Teacher is Edmond Zuwaine (Earl Cameron), the president of Matobo, and reveals all to the police. Now, Silvia has to deal with the annoying presence of Secret Service agent Tobin Keller (Sean Penn), who does not trust her and wants to get to the bottom of all this thinking it's a lie.

The Interpreter, confusing, fast paced and slightly traumatic, is a hell of a studio flick to rent or watch on TV.