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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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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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

I don't fault Rendition for its liberal politics. I fault it for hammering home those politics in such pounding, slanted fashion.

Oct 22, 2007

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Stephanie Zacharek

Salon.com

If these new, allegedly topical movies are to make us feel anything -- to move us toward any action or even just toward any fresh realization -- they need to at least seem alive on the screen, instead of just courting our polite, measured applause.

Oct 20, 2007

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

It might have been an intriguing site of debate; instead, it’s a message movie that has its answers wrapped up in a pretty bow.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 22, 2025

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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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Giorgio G

My gosh, I had seen this movie nearly 20 years ago and found it profound and somehow scary at the same time. Not scary as in a horror movie, but because of its possible social and political implications. And now, fast-forwarded to 2025, the world under Trump is witnessing exactly the movie's fictional situation in real time, and thousands of time a day, with innocent people being capture, dragged into an obscure hole, only to then actually disappear into oblivion. What seemed an extreme and improbable situation back then is a daily routine to all those thousands of ICE agents in the US and their targets, immigrants, illegal or not, and pretty much anybody who speaks up against Trump. If you were afraid that George Orwell's 1984 could someday become a reality, and that this movie "Rendition" is far too absurd to become true, then you only need to look at the news nowadays and realize that the horror images of the past have unfolded a million times worse. 9/10 points!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/13/25

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Sunsun X.

The ending is open and it encourages you to think further. Was the decision which the actor took right or wrong, etc. I loved this movie! I don’t know why the rating is not so well?!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/29/25

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Wendel L

Direção: Bom Atuação: Bom Roteiro: Ruim Caracterização: Ok Soundtrack: Ok

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/27/24

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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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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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