Rendition

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Rendition

R

Released Oct 19, 2007

2h 2m

Mystery & Thriller

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Isabella El-Ibrahimi (Reese Witherspoon), the wife of an Egyptian engineer, tries desperately to track down her husband after he disappears on an international flight. Meanwhile, a CIA analyst's (Jake Gyllenhaal) world spins out of control as he witnesses the engineer's unorthodox interrogation at the hands of secret police.

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Critics Consensus

The impressive cast cannot rescue Rendition, which explores complex issues in woefully simplified terms.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: B

Feb 18, 2012

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Ben Kenigsberg

Time Out

Rated: 3/5

Nov 18, 2011

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Alonso Duralde

MSNBC

But Rendition, in the end, is a Lifetime movie with pretensions toward being a political thriller. (They could even call it YOU HAVE MY HUSBAND! since Witherspoon shrieks that at Streep in a ludicrous scene.)

May 1, 2008

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

It suffers primarily from the fact that reality doesn't always translate to entertainment value.

Rated: 6/10

Nov 27, 2020

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Felicia Feaster

Creative Loafing

Rendition is a barely tolerable narrative masquerading as an important film.

Jan 29, 2020

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Ian Buckwalter

DCist

Designed to make us feel like we've just witnessed a powerful experience. The reality of the film is that it's nothing but a shallow and underdeveloped position paper.

Rated: 3/10

Jun 10, 2010

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Jill T

Excellent movie. Exposes secret agents being a law unto themselves when dealing with people presumed to be terrorists. Justice eventually served through the bravery of one who would make a stand.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/18/24

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Sue M

I understood the movie is about a terrorist group but lost the understanding as the foreign language was not on English. What part did Fatima play ? Really not worth watching.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/17/24

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Audience Member

Great Acting. Solid movie and I have no idea what the bad reviews are talking about.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/27/24

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Sonny B

I had to turn it off - too boring, muddled, and with characters I wasn't interested in. Even brief appearances from Meryl Streep, J.K Symmons, and Jake Gyllenhaal couldn't offer any respite. Yes, brief appearances; I thought Gyllenhaal was meant to be the lead.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/24

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Dick C

This is with a touching scripts inside a well done stories, Rendition, 2007...with strong castings such as J. K. Simmons, Alan Arkin and Meryl Streep...of course the actors, Omar Metwally as well as Jake Gyllenhaal with good performances...under the direction of Gavin Hood on a moving genre of Kelley Sane...Most of all is based on a true story Khalid El-Masri, who was mistaken for Khalid al-Masri...

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/15/23

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Adonijah L

Enjoyable political thriller with a satisfying ending and a twist you don't see coming

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/18/23

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Synopsis

Isabella El-Ibrahimi (Reese Witherspoon), the wife of an Egyptian engineer, tries desperately to track down her husband after he disappears on an international flight. Meanwhile, a CIA analyst's (Jake Gyllenhaal) world spins out of control as he witnesses the engineer's unorthodox interrogation at the hands of secret police.

Director: Gavin Hood
Producer: Steve Golin, Marcus Viscidi
Screenwriter: Kelley Sane
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: Anonymous Content
Rating: R (Torture/Violence|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 19, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 29, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.7M
Runtime: 2h 2m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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