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62
Viewer score based on 53 votes.

Critic Score

57
Critics' score based on 37 reviews.
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Theatrical Release Date:
10/10/2008
DVD Release Date:
02/17/2009
Run Time:
129min.
Director(s):
Distributor(s):
Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating:
R for strong violence including some torture, and for language throughout.
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery

Plot: Fresh off of their success with director Martin Scorsese's The Departed, star Leonardo DiCaprio and screenwriter William Monahan team with director Ridley Scott for this screen adaptation of David Ignatius' novel Body of Lies. Read More

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OMG - Can anyone on the planet master an accent like R. Crowe?

December 6, 2011
lolli1341

A real action thriller that shows both ugly sides in this current event. Worth seeing and intense.

January 18, 2011
VictrolaMn

Who knows what's going on in this movie? Another one with a lot of action and noise, but no logical, accessible plot. If you can form a thought, you won't like it.

March 23, 2009
KASEL1

Body of Lies is a film that is rooted in a post 9/11 global terrorist world, in which deciphering the good guys from the bad guys is never as easy as it should be. Complicating such matters is that it... is virtually impossible to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys within distinct organizations (CIA, Al Qaeda, etc)... Director Ridley Scott (American Gangster, Gladiator, Alien) uses this premise to diffuse this film with questions of Who? and Why? Who are we fighting? Why are we fighting? Who are our allies? Who are our enemies? Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) plays a super secret CIA agent who infiltrates terrorist organizations throughout the Middle East with the aid (or detriment) of Ed Hoffman (Crowe) his CIA supervisor stationed in the USA. Through a series of leads and counter-leads, trusts and betrayals, Ferris finds himself with much blood on his hands and a conscious he cannot comprehend. DiCaprio seizes this role boldly and his range manages to demonstrate the conflict in his character as he maneuvers his way throughout a world without boundaries - a world where every turn could be his last. Crowe uses his suave demeanor to pull us in at first to his character who has a single minded approach to the war on terror: Do whatever is necessary to meet an end objective. However, his role soon becomes cliché and undefining. I found myself wondering if he would start to quote proverbial Dirty Harry lines. His complete lack of consciousness continually leads us to question the seriousness of his position, and one wonders if a more stoic and stern actor could have been chosen. Full of blood and intrigue and enough explosions and plot twists to keep most entertained throughout, the ultimate pitfall for the film is the completely wasted final third where the audience is subjected to an awful display of pandering to the love need. In a movie that could have stood quite well on its own with no mention of a female part, a female part is exactly what was injected under the most bizarre circumstances. Golshifteh Farahani plays the role of Aiesha, a local nurse who treats DiCaprio after one of his numerous blood soaked encounters. His immediate desire to court her while in the middle of trying to win the ultimate war speaks only to the insatiable appetite of men everywhere to satisfy their carnal needs. Was it necessary to spend so much of the movie focusing on this story line when there was so much that was left out? Farahani puts on a very believable role and I enjoyed her performance immensely, I only wish it had been part of a different film. Full Review

January 3, 2009
mattsci

well i went today do not spend your money on this thing

December 27, 2008
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