1.5/4  Skip it
I turned it off after an hour. I tried to get into it, really did. It probably doesn't help that the movie starts right in the middle of the action without really establishing either of the main characters. Russell Crowe does his usual ... (read full)

4/4  Ridley Scott Does It Again
This is a very intricate and detailed film. Now saying that it was actually rather slow for a thriller so I think in order to fully enjoy it the viewer should view it as a drama. There is action but the piece mainly deals with character, a... (read full)

2.5/4  Fails to be anything but standard.
This film just does not have that much to it to be great but it is okay. It is a standard spy movie with standard action scenes and a far too standard love story. The only non standard things in this are the two higher ups but they are not... (read full)

1/4  40%
Action: 1.5 / 3, Comedy: 0 / 2, Good vs Evil: 0 / 1, Love/Sex: 0.5 / 1, Special Effects: 0.5 / 1, Plot: 1 /1, Music: 0.5 / 1 = 4/10 or 40%.

The theme and plot of Body of Lies is initially intriguing, but after the first fifteen minutes ... (read full)

2.5/4  Misleading Plot, Yet Dangerously Fun!
Critics are on the fence with Body Of Lies. Some say it is a fantastic on the edge of your seat thriller, while the others say it is a poor Ridley Scott effort. There I am stuck in the middle.

The Plot in Body Of Lies becomes too tediou... (read full)

2/4  Body of Lies Quick Review
This movie was a little boring. It didn't get me interested with what was going on. Too many of these terrorist movies that take place in the middle east fall short.

5/5 Great movie!
  by Gluteus Maximus (SoCal)
This was a really great movie. It never caught my attention before. It has a lots of action and shooting if you are into that stuff. I don't want to spoil it for you but I thought the movie was great and not a waste of time.

4/5 Nice movie
  by Mr. Big (Tacoma)
This is a very good movie, it takes a while to get to the action, but when it gets started I think you will feel it was worth the wait. Mr. dicaprio was kind hard to take him as a real CIA officer, russell crowe, played the part of a un-trusthworthy, crummy CIA boss he really sucked, it's might be true, that how they are in real life, it's local is the middle east. That country is a real piece of dirt, it's too bad we have loss so many good American troops there.

5/5 Great Movie
  by Adrian Ivan (Foreign)
Great Movie.The lead characters do a great job of playing off the American insolence with the Arab intransigence. I thought the acting was superb. The locales were right on. I continue to be amazed by both Crowe and DiCaprio. They get it. Reading the one stars, they don't. Overall, a great action and non-biased view of the way things work.

5/5 Definitely Terrific Film
  by Frank Scoblete (New York)
A good one, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. About spies, the Middle East and terrorism. Excellent performances by everyone in the film; great direction too. And finally a script that doesn't let up.


2/5 big cast with stupid plot
  by S. Sun
This movie was so unconvincing. A trained CIA agent entrusted to an independent operation in the middle east even overpowering the director in Jordan is acting like a hot-blooded rookie (a girl friend in enemy territory, come on, like "hey, why don't you guys kidnap my girl friend to blackmail me!" Muahahaha!!!), without calm, and without brains. The CIA boss played by Russell Crowe was a waste of talent as well. The role has no importance. Appearance and decision made were also unreasonable and unnecessary. Comparing to the Bourne series, this one is totally laughable.