Tourist, The : Movie Review


On a number of levels, The Tourist seems to exist in an alternate universe.

First, it may be the only movie ever to feature a bad performance by Johnny Depp, one of the best actors working in films.

Who knew he could be wooden and unconvincing in a role?

And Angelina Jolie, his love interest in this laughably bad romantic thriller, may be even worse.

Jolie comes off like a cross between an alien and an impeccably attired mannequin. Her range of facial expressions goes from wide-eyed and serious to wide-eyed with a slight smile.

The plot has more holes than a pair of Crocs and the entire tale doesn't have an iota of believability.

What makes this all the more hard to fathom is that The Tourist was directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who made one of the decade's best films, the Oscar-winning foreign film of 2006, Germany's The Lives of Others.

The marriage of von Donnersmarck, Depp and Jolie — along with a supporting cast of actors such as Paul Bettany, Rufus Sewell and Timothy Dalton and a gorgeous Venice setting — would seem to be a no-brainer.


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Author : Claudia Puig