Body of Lies

"[It] is a James Bond plot inserted into today's headlines (...) [It] contains enough you can believe, or almost believe, that you wish so much of it weren't sensationally implausible (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"Neither the location-based verisimilitude of Scott's shooting style nor the estimable Middle East expertise of source-material author David Ignatius can disguise "Body of Lies" as anything other than the contrived phony-baloney it is. (...) a conventional climax" 

"'Body of Lies' has the gritty feel of something observed firsthand (...) Crafty script (...) The part that counts is the hard kick in the teeth the movie delivers to American duplicity (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"The movie is a hodgepodge of borrowings and half-cooked ideas, flung together into a feverishly edited jet-setting exercise in purposeless intensity." 

"[It] has elements of greatness in it but never quite performs the alchemy needed to convert them, settling instead for mere goodness." 

"Strong's impressive, silky-smooth performance makes this idealized figure more credible than he might have been (...) Unfortunately, there isn't enough in the way of a payoff." 

"Despite Crowe and DiCaprio's best efforts, their characters keep getting flattened by the steamroller narrative"