The Hunting Party

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The Hunting Party

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Released Sep 7, 2007

1h 43m

Drama

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Five years after a meltdown on national TV, journalist Simon Hunt (Richard Gere) joins forces with a former colleague (Terrence Howard), and a cub reporter (Jesse Eisenberg) in Bosnia. Their mission is to find that country's most-wanted war criminal, a man dubbed "The Fox." Working from sketchy information at best, the trio travels deep into hostile territory in search of the scoop of a lifetime.

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The Hunting Party is tonally awkward: its shifts from dark satire to serious political thriller create an uneven film, despite best efforts from its game leads.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

While at times it may be glib, the film largely sticks to a grim tone of what a war as bitter as that can do to a country.

Apr 29, 2019

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Amy Nicholson

I.E. Weekly

Ludicrous, bewildering, and largely true (at least the "most ridiculous parts" according to the film's preface), it plays like an adventure story written by Kafka

Rated: A

Feb 22, 2008

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

The action plot is lousy with cliched suspense scenes of back-road executions halted at the last possible instant.

Dec 17, 2007

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Toni Garcia

Cinemanía (Spain)

A very entertaining movie with some brilliant moments, especially in its delirious final stretch. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Oct 16, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Gere gives a career performance.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 11, 2020

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Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

It's not a bad story as far as it goes, and says a lot about the strange culture war journalism ... [but] no story, no matter how interesting, can't do without a little bit of the Hollywood treatment, and "The Hunting Party" suffers that in spades.

Rated: 7/10

Mar 22, 2011

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Madam D

This interesting movie is based on real life journalism. While the black humor is understandable & the acting is great, there is something holding me back from really liking it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/09/25

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steve d

A tonal mess with a terrible narrative that distracts from the interesting story.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

I needed more action and less more talking that's what ruined the movie, and its one of the most shameless movies I ever seen. The Hunting Party is one of those annual releases that bridge the gap between the box office heavyweights of summer, and for last I did not like Jesse Eisenberg in here. So for this being a very slow film and not having the expectation that I was expecting that the trailer showed me. I give " The Hunting Party " a D.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Enjoyable and solid.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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brendan n

The movie is quite good and balances the darkness with a unique style of filmmaking. This has to be one of the better Richard Gere films I have seen in quite some time. He is a gifted actor and most of the material he surrounds with is beneath him, this is one of the best roles. Gere, Howard and Eisenberg are an incredible team and once the story kicks into high gear, its hard to take your eyes away from the screen. The film might struggle with its execution, but it is a very good film for a topic that went unnoticed by the general first world public. It is true with the UN and USA about their lack of motivation to capture these war criminals. Osama Bin Laden had the heat of the world on their backs, but with Sarajevo it was a very different story. On face value it looks like an effort, but at the core they really didn't hunt these people down. Heartbreaking storyline and anchored by truth. 29/01/2019.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Solid movie, although tries to be more than it really is

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Synopsis

Five years after a meltdown on national TV, journalist Simon Hunt (Richard Gere) joins forces with a former colleague (Terrence Howard), and a cub reporter (Jesse Eisenberg) in Bosnia. Their mission is to find that country's most-wanted war criminal, a man dubbed "The Fox." Working from sketchy information at best, the trio travels deep into hostile territory in search of the scoop of a lifetime.

Director: Richard Shepard
Producer: Mark Johnson, Scott Kroopf
Screenwriter: Richard Shepard
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Weinstein Company
Rating: R (Strong Language|Some Violent Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 7, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 5, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $876.7K
Runtime: 1h 43m

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