The Interpreter

USA 2005 - Drama/Thriller — 128 min — Directed by Sydney Pollack
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal, Earl Cameron

An interpreter at the United Nations overhears an assassination plot to kill a visiting president. An Secret Service agent is assigned to the case, which proves to be more difficult to solve than he first thought, especially since he starts to have feelings for her. But is she innocent, or part of the plot?

Nicole looks lovlier than ever, and sure surprised me by doing a good performance. I'm used to see her in ultra-dramas like The Hours and such garbage, so it was nice to see her in a thriller. It's not as good as The Others, which she did a couple years ago, but it's still quite allright. Sean Penn owns his role too, as a depressive agent. He somehow fits well into that role. The plot is a bit weak, as should be expected, but if I have to complain about anything, it's the slow pace. Not that it was too slow, but the story moved along at such a slow pace I could hardly sit still at the end. And it was never very interesting either, and you could feel that something about Silvia (Nicole) just wasn't right. So you could see the conclusion fifty miles away. The direction was allright to, if not very exciting, but Sydney have never been very exciting has he?

My rating: 6 / 10