The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.
Body of Lies has nothing to say about geopolitics, the action scenes are formulaic, and DiCaprio is rarely on the screen with Crowe, who coasts through the most puzzling performance of his career.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
A complicated movie about the war on terror with two terrific performances and a terrific director.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
10 Nov 2008
rotten:
Just because it's really dense and layered doesn't mean it's good.
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
10 Nov 2008
fresh:
Good solid far-fetched multiplex action-adventure fare in the Bondian mode, with awe-inspiring technology and just enough moral philosophizing laced through it to give the mind a little something to chew on.
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
10 Nov 2008
fresh:
Perhaps Scott's ever-restless shooting style doesn't quite differentiate between the peaks and troughs of the narrative, yet it's still an engrossing account of the intersection between process and ethics.