Product Description: Universal The Interpreter - HD-DVD Academy Award winners Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn star in the action-packed thriller, "The Interpreter". In one of the hidden corridors of power at United Nations headquarters, translator Silvia Broome (Kidman) overhears apotentially explosive secret about a planned assassination attempt. But when federal agent Tobin Keller (Penn) investigates her claim and digs deeperinto Silvia's dangerous past, he begins to question whether she is a victim or a suspect. From Oscar-Winning director Sydney Pollack comes the riveting, edge-of-your-seat story of international intrigue that Ebert & Roeper give "Two thumbs up!"
Amazon.com: Director Sydney Pollack delivers megawatt star power, high gloss, and political passion to The Interpreter, his first thriller since The Firm. With Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn delivering smooth, understated performances, the film more closely recalls Pollack's 1975 Robert Redford/Faye Dunaway paranoid thriller Three Days of the Condor, trading conspiratorial politicians for potential assassination in the United Nations General Assembly (this being the first film ever granted permission to use actual U.N. locations). Kidman plays a U.N. interpreter who inadvertently overhears hints of a plot to kill the reviled, tyrannical leader of her (fictional) African homeland; Penn is the Secret Service agent assigned to protect her, or to determine her role (if any) in the assassination scenario. By distancing itself from real-life politics, The Interpreter softens its potential impact as a thriller about contemporary globalization and threats to international peace, but the Penn/Kidman personal drama (between two people who gain a deep appreciation for shared anguish, without being artificially forced into romance) adds a richly human dimension to Pollack's expert handling of the thriller elements of a complex yet easily-followed plot. Indie-film stalwart Catherine Keener shines in her supporting role as Penn's sarcastic by sympathetic Secret Service partner. --Jeff Shannon
Exciting Suspense Thriller!! Normally, I am not fond of Nicole Kidman's acting abilities, but in this movie, I was pretty impressed with her skills in playing the part of Sylvia Broome a multilingual interpreter at the United Nations.
Sylvia Broome overhears a death threat against a controversial African leader, but is unable to identify the speaker due to the circumstances. She reports what she hears only to have the Secret Service not believe what she has to say. In fact, the Secret Service thinks Sylvia Broome may be a part of the plot her self as she has a reason not to like African political leader.
Sean Penn plays the part of Tobin Keller and is assigned to investigate Sylvia Broome to see if what she has to say has any merit what so ever. The movie becomes a fast paced, suspenseful, political thriller and is fun to watch!
The Interpreter A modern day thriller; a story about greed and terrorism with a background of grief and loss. Acting is excellent.
The Interpreter The Interpreter was thought-provoking and challenging. Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn were both great in the movie.
Well crafted movie. The story has continuity as it develops the main theme of the movie. The leading actors deliver a superb acting.
Close-ups of her Face. A nationally known reviewer (or, at least, he is well known in LA area radio) was mentioning in a review over the radio that the movie showed too many close-ups of Nicole Kidman's face, but I was able to talk with him over the telephone, and I told him that I didn't even notice that the camera lingered on close-ups of Nicole's face. Besides, she's a pretty girl, and a movie could do worse than show lots of close-ups of Nicole Kidman's face, and I told him (and you too, amazon readers) if a person REALLY wants to see a movie that sets the record for having so much of itself consisting of close-ups of one person's face, try The Ring Two, where practically the whole movie is close-ups of Naomie Watts's face.
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