Beyond Borders

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Beyond Borders

R

Released Oct 24, 2003

2h 7m

Drama

Adventure

Romance

War

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An American socialite (Angelina Jolie) living in London joins a renegade doctor's (Clive Owen) humanitarian efforts in war-torn nations.

Critics Consensus

Beyond Borders is good-intentioned, but the use of human suffering as a backdrop for a romance comes across as sanctimonious and exploitative.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Important issues buried in soap opera silliness.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 14, 2010

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Tim Cogshell

Boxoffice Magazine

A silly movie made all the more silly by how much it wants not to be a silly movie.

Rated: 1.5/5

Oct 30, 2003

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Mark Holcomb

Village Voice

It all becomes little more than feel-good-about- feeling-bad window dressing, like an issue of Utne Reader in Dolby Surround Sound.

Oct 28, 2003

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Joel Siegel

Good Morning America

Angelina, here's something to remember next time: It's better to tell us one story that makes us feel than a thousand stories that make us numb.

Rated: C

Jan 5, 2018

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Mark Collette

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

...brutally haunting images ... in a setting where sappy dialogue evaporates like water.

Rated: 1.5/4

Sep 20, 2004

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

Se abordar os esforços humanitários ao redor do planeta é admirável, colocá-los em segundo plano para priorizar uma história de amor é mais do que frustrante; é imperdoável.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 17, 2004

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Pedro Henrique C

Beyond Borders (2003) is a film that shows a lot about the living conditions in places around the world where the population suffers from hunger, disease and wars. It also puts the love of two people to the test, knowing each other is a very complicated situation.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/24/25

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Audience Member

Why can't you have a love story out of famine, starvation and suffering. This happens all the time. This is a moving love story born out of both characters' passion to help people.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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ich bin zutiefst gerührt...... Angie spielte Protagonistin sehr gut.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

We have loved this film since 2004. Well acted, great fleshing out of the characters, Very moving, realistic, a call to action. Even the romantic parts that others don't appreciate, I completely understand in light of Jolie's personal life, and since I a person who has been in traumatic situations, I know how finding a person who shares your passions and energy is so compelling.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

The movie was a little too political for me, but it was still able to capture the evolving love story between the two leads. Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen had incredible chemistry that hooked me. All in all, the movie was good.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

Lame boring movie starring Angelina jolie and some random guy that I've seen before. I'll forget about this in 20 minutes.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/23/18

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Synopsis

An American socialite (Angelina Jolie) living in London joins a renegade doctor's (Clive Owen) humanitarian efforts in war-torn nations.

Director: Martin Campbell
Producer: Dan Halsted, Lloyd Phillips
Screenwriter: Caspian Tredwell-Owen
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Namibia Film Commission, Paramount, Mandalay Pictures, Camelot Pictures
Rating: R (War-Related Violence|Language)
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Romance, War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 24, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.4M
Runtime: 2h 7m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)