1.5/4  Boring poltical non thriller
Syriana too slow for its own good. It prods along so slowly that it failed to gain any interest from me. A film does not need to be short or ultra fast paced but this film is very poorly done. It does not use its slow pacing to develop cha... (read full)

2.5/4  Syriana
Syriana is an interesting film that has trouble delivering the goods. The Acting is good with George Clooney giving a solid performance even though he's not in the movie long. Matt Damon and Jeffrey Wright also give good performances. It i... (read full)

3/4  Good film.
Haven't read the script, but I can tell I liked this film. I'm neutral politically speaking, so I'm nobody's side. I think that the movie portrays in a very accurate way what's going on today in mideast, and how that influence in europe an... (read full)

2.5/4  Someday we'll see this was just a stepping stone
Stephen Gaghan wrote this script. He is so brilliant that I couldn't even read the script and get everything straight. Not because it was poorly written either. It was amazing.

However, watching this movie, I felt it was too simple and ... (read full)

1.5/4  On a scale of 1 to 10, thumbs down.
I'm not as passionate about hating this movie as the other two reviews. I wouldn't say it was a good movie, nor would I recommend it though. This movie was work. I felt like I had to pay attention to everything that was said...everyone ... (read full)

1.5/4  Piece of garbage
This movie is film school amateur hour. The George Clooney character was based on a real life CIA agent who was assigned to assassinate Saddam Hussein, but in the movie, the leader he is after is a progressive, likable leader who is a vic... (read full)

2.5/4  Syriana Quick Review
Syriana has the actors and it has a story relevant to the time, but unlike other recent ensemble pieces, I never felt this connected with me. The pacing is the biggest detraction - it moves so slow it never caught my attention.

0.5/4  Syriana Quick Review
An over blown, slow moving junk of a movie. I admitt that Clooney does a good job, but this can't save this boring, pointless (could have had a reason though), and ugly picture. Some may like it, but make sure you have a back-up plan.

2/5 Shoulda passed.
  by J. Mohr
RS Steube is accurate - and the movie was not for me. It wasn't "bad", but it wasn't "good" either. And more resembled a TV mini-series lumped together for a few hour movie. Barely 2 stars.

3/5 Cold War Attitudes in Remarkably Incoherent Film
  by drkhimxz (Freehold, NJ, USA)
I have to admit this was far too artsy a production for me. None of the characters were sufficiently defined to care about, none of the action sufficiently comprehensible to break through the torpor induced by the cross-cutting of scenes and characters. The cynicism which was the hallmark of fine cold war films, was marked, but I was led to indifference since it was all puppetry devoid of human characteristics. I shouldn't think any blame accrues to the actors whose playing seemed to be in tune with the desires of writers and the director; George Clooney, in particular, is to be congratulated for his heroic underplaying which dimmed his impact to near zero.
Over-all, it was quite an achievement to convert a hot issue into a bedtime story.

3/5 SYRIANA DVD REVIEW
  by em.jae (minnesota)
THIS MOVIE IS A GREAT PORTRAYAL ON HOW EVIL THIS COUNTRY IS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

1/5 Disjointed, non-linear indeed
  by Alexander (Hobbytown, USA)
I found this movie in the $5 bargain box (along with a bunch of other movies I had never heard of) at Walmart. Sad to say, I wasted my money.

Writer and Director Stephen Gaghan tries to define himself for a new generation, but all that he delivers is an abortion of a motion picture. The only option for this bloody mess is to throw it in the trash, which is what I did.

The best scene was when the main character was being tortured; as the viewer, I could sympathize as I felt equally tortured watching this movie.

I actually laughed out loud during the extra features when George Clooney related how anxious his fellow stars were to get a part in the film (I wonder how they feel about it now). "Clooney the Looney" indeed.

If you want taut, intelligent drama, watch Spielberg's MUNICH instead of this force-fed globetrotting disaster - SYRIANA is one of the worst films I've ever seen.

1/5 empty DVD case
  by Leon Proctor
I got an empty DVD case - I notified the vendor and got a prompt credit, but no DVD