The movie is realistic in showing a Muslim woman's difficulties in dating a Westerner; spying eyes are everywhere. Rated R strong violence including some torture and for language throughout. Body of Lies movie reviews & Metacritic score: Roger Ferris is the best man U.
But in this, the acting isn't very good. 'Body of Lies' is very much a Ridley Scott movie and this translates into the film's politics as well. Thing is, you can't leave politics out of a political movie; and so what do you do? Well, here's a newsflash for the poli-preachers on all sides: it's possible to have it all, and just watch Ridley Scott do it.
But Body of Lies does do one thing perfectly: give viewers a chance to see two fine actors go toe to toe. DiCaprio is intense, but his Titanic-like How does this movie confirm or defy your expectations of what secret agents do? How accurate do you think it is? What messages is the movie trying to. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, and Mark Strong in the lead roles. "Body of Lies" is a mature movie about complicated issues. But does it have as much emotional complexity as it has labyrinthine plot histrionics?
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Watch the Body of Lies Movie review now and find out! It's a slick, shallow, simplistic movie that shrinks in the shadow of De Niro's CIA epic The Good Shepherd and contributes nothing to our understanding of an important subject. Ridley Scott's new movie, "Body of Lies," raises a potentially disturbing question.
It has swearing and graphic violence. A movie review by James Berardinelli. Read the Empire Movie review of Body of Lies. For all the enthralling visuals and action, the film feels.