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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 01 Mar 2021

While Macdonald manages to come up with one of the most impressively brutal cut-to-black endings in recent memory, the rest of this feature…

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By Beecee (50) on 26 Feb 2021

I was able to qualify for an advance screening of this important film…

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By Brent_Marchant (762) on 25 Feb 2021

This meticulously detailed account of the erroneous 14-year Gitmo incarceration of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was falsely accused of being the…

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By Mae Abdulbaki (411) for Screen Rant (892) on 25 Feb 2021

The Mauritanian is an incredibly powerful, poignant, enraging film, one that is uplifted by an incredibly magnetic lead performance by Tahar Rahim…

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By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 25 Feb 2021

Though it’s a movie with an identity crisis, Rahim’s magnetic performance carries enough of The Mauritanian to make it a worthwhile watch…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Feb 2021

Sure, The Mauritanian is better than staring at metal bars and better than two hours of rigorous legal preparation. But it isn’t better by much…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 23 Feb 2021

Its beats are familiar, its outrage muted, its story diffuse…

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By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 17 Feb 2021

The film gives seasoned actors like Foster and Cumberbatch just enough room to flex some scene-chomping muscle, while relegating poor Shailene…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 16 Feb 2021

A somewhat convoluted and occasionally formulaic but disturbingly effective legal political procedural…

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By David Fear (910) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 16 Feb 2021

Kevin Macdonald’s drama is determined to put a name and a face to the legion of largely anonymous casualties of the War on Terror — not…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 16 Feb 2021

Certainly, The Mauritanian doesn’t lack for sincerity or muted rage…

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By Lianella (1) on 13 Feb 2021

I didn't know anything about the story and suddenly I bought the ticket…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 12 Feb 2021

The Mauritanian is a bit of a throwback -- a solid, old-fashioned piece of entertainment, but not a great movie…

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By Andrew Crump (271) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 12 Feb 2021

The Mauritanian plays by the numbers, hitting courtroom conspiracy drama beats dutifully but without any urgency…

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By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 12 Feb 2021

Luckily, The Mauritanian, directed by Kevin Macdonald, gets one thing very right: Tahar Rahim’s masterful central performance…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 12 Feb 2021

The Mauritanian fails to humanize the story it’s telling, never coming off as something more challenging or interesting than a superficial,…

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By Tvjerry (1,783) on 12 Feb 2021

This provocative film is based on Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi…

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By Stream2Bigscree (201) on 12 Feb 2021

Peace be unto you, Streamers! This weekend some new movies are coming at you that we've heard a lot of buzz about…

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By Ah6499 (2) on 12 Feb 2021

Such an amazing film with powerfull cast…

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By Johnpas (2) on 12 Feb 2021

Wonderful and eye_opening film, just cant believe that is a true story…

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