The Interpreter Critic Reviews

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The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites

Thrillers don't get much smarter than The Interpreter.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

An elegant adventure of a different kind.Read the full review

Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites

Coolly absorbing without being pulse-quickening.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

What I admire most about the film is the way it enters the terms of this world -- of international politics, security procedures, shifting motives -- and observes the details of all-night stakeouts, shop talk, and interlocking motives and strategies.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

A suspense thriller of rare intelligence.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

The Interpreter bristles with the smart, steadily engrossing tension that marked such 1970s goodies as "All the President's Men," "The Parallax View" and Pollack's own "Three Days of the Condor."Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

A cut above the average politically-based thriller.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Critic to Favorites

Made with an intelligence and craft that's increasingly rare in Hollywood thrillers.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

Yes, this could be a better film, but the good qualities it does have are rare enough to hold our interest on screen and off.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

As a straight-ahead thriller, the movie is enjoyable and stirring much of the time.Read the full review

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