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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 11 Feb 2021

Another of those fact-based semi-documentary style films about the need for government transparency that is responsible, sobering, worthwhile…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 11 Feb 2021

The Mauritanian is a moral muddle as well as a narrative one, and it leaves you wondering why our empathy for Slahi has to be so mediated,…

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By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 11 Feb 2021

The Mauritanian wants to be a fusion of Papillon and A Few Good Men, but it cannot work out whether it wants to make a purely emotive argument,…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for The New York Times (9,847) on 11 Feb 2021

Trapped for the most part in featureless rooms, a stellar cast — including Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch and Shailene Woodley — deliver…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 10 Feb 2021

As directed by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), it’s a steady, compelling accounting of events that intends to leave you infuriated…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 09 Feb 2021

It’s revealed that the evidence against Salahi, who admits only to training with the formerly CIA-backed Afghan mujahideen in an al-Qaeda…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 08 Feb 2021

Despite a powerful performance by Tahar Rahim in the title role, and despite such marquee names as Jodie Foster and Benedict Cumberbatch in…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 15 Jan 2021

The screenplay needed more work and the film in the can a lot more editing to make The Mauritanian worthy of the talent on the set…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 14 Jan 2021

If The Mauritanian is a slight cut above so many of the pious and self-flagellating political thrillers that Hollywood churned out in the years…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 13 Jan 2021

This movie is content with congratulating itself for being on the right side of history, with little attention paid to questions unanswered…

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By Christian Gallichio (84) for The Playlist (3,871) on 12 Jan 2021

In the end, The Mauritanian is an efficient procedural that condemns the Bush-era treatment of detainees more effectively than any other recent…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 12 Jan 2021

The story gains momentum as it goes, and by the end, it’s positively gripping…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 12 Jan 2021

Perhaps the biggest issue for The Mauritanian is that the screenplay by M.B Traven and Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani tries to accommodate…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 12 Jan 2021

This legal procedural remains strangely flat, despite its star power and a gripping central performance from Tahar Rahim as Slahi…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 12 Jan 2021

Kevin Macdonald’s film never captures the spectrum of a life lived in unimaginable extremis…

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