Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Nov 22, 2025 2/4

What’s the point of tackling a real-life hot-button issue if everything about it is presented in an only-in-Hollywood style of fantasy filmmaking?

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Jan 22, 2025 2/4

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.

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Nov 27, 2020 6/10

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

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Felicia Feaster Creative Loafing Jan 29, 2020

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

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Nell Minow Movie Mom Feb 18, 2012 B

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Ben Kenigsberg Time Out Nov 18, 2011 3/5

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Ian Buckwalter DCist Jun 10, 2010 3/10

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.

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Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Aug 27, 2009

The sort of schematic slog that stirs more discussion about the cluelessness of the filmmakers than anything else

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Heather Huntington ReelzChannel.com Aug 26, 2008 7/10

Rendition features decent performances by all its actors, although few are given any chance to shine.

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Sean Gandert Paste Magazine Jul 31, 2008

Rather then telling a story with characters growing and exploring the politics of the world around them, they simply take up the roles of well-dictated automatons.

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Rossiter Drake San Francisco Examiner Jun 6, 2008 3.5/4

The film unfolds brilliantly and methodically, as director Gavid Hood's vivid characters are unwittingly drawn together.

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Alonso Duralde MSNBC May 1, 2008

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.)

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Brandon Fibbs Colorado Springs Gazette Feb 28, 2008 7/10

The film exists in a gray zone that acknowledges the existence and relevance of both sides.

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Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile Feb 8, 2008

Jake Gyllenhaal gets better with each role and here he is impressive as the novice CIA analyst forced to confront his own conscience

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Bruce Bennett Spectrum (St. George, Utah) Jan 26, 2008 B

[A] spotty, but ultimately effective thriller.

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Enrique Buchichio Uruguay Total Jan 22, 2008 3/5

Un thriller político bastante crítico hacia los métodos anti terroristas de Estados Unidos y sus aliados, en la misma línea de Syriana, Munich y Leones por Corderos (aunque mucho más efectiva que esta última).

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David Fear Time Out Jan 18, 2008 2/6

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Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena Jan 10, 2008 3/5

Apresenta-se simultaneamente como um bom filme e, lamentavelmente, também como uma oportunidade desperdiçada.

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Karina Montgomery Cinerina Nov 22, 2007 3/5

Rendition's heart is in the right place, but feels like a desperate single attempt to get it all out at once out of fear of losing another chance. I am glad I saw it, but I don't ever need to see it again.

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr. Goatdog's Movies Nov 21, 2007 2/5

The film doesn't know or care who Anwar El-Ibrahimi is outside of how his plight affects the white folks connected with him.

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