After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
While it pains me to beat up on Pollack, who, in addition to being a consistently wonderful actor, is at least attempting to make movies the old-fashioned way, it pains me more to actually sit through his movies.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Salon.com,
23 Apr 2005
fresh:
I was steadily absorbed by The Interpreter, even though much of the plot didn't make a great deal of sense.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
28 Apr 2005
rotten:
The film's themes are disappointingly vague and unspecific, built around a fictitious African country that stands for anywhere -- and consequently nowhere.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
26 Sep 2005
rotten:
This is largely a competent, successful thriller, but observing global politics from this perspective is an uncomfortable, frustrating experience.