Rendition

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  • Opened October 19, 2007 
  • 2 hr 0 min
  • R | torture/violence and language

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • Post 9/11, Egyptian born chemical engineer, Anwar El-Ibrahim (Omar Metwalley) disappears on a flight from South Africa to Washington DC. He is shipped off to a third world country for interrogation after he is deemed a political prisoner. His pregnant American wife, Isabella (Reese Witherspoon) travels to Washington to try and learn the reason for his disappearance. Meanwhile, at a secret detention facility somewhere outside the U.S., CIA analyst Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal) witnesses the unorthodox interrogation of a foreign national by the Egyptian secret police. The event forces him to question his assignment as he becomes entangled in the interrogation of El-Ibrahim. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Alan Arkin, Peter Sarsgaard, Omar Metwally
  • Director: Gavin Hood
  • Genres: Suspense/Thriller

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

Rendition is valuable and rare. As I wrote from Toronto: "It is a movie about the theory and practice of two things: torture and personal responsibility. And it is wise about what is right, and what is wrong." Read full review

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TV Guide
| Ken Fox

Taut, powerfully acted political thriller. Read full review

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New York Daily News
| Jack Mathews

There are some problems with the pacing, but this topical thriller about CIA-sanctioned torture is one of the most important "message" movies of the year. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

A maddening film, maddening in a good way, but maddening nonetheless. Read full review

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Reese Witherspoon in "Rendition."