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(1 - 41) of 41 OFCS Rating: 38% Rotten Page   1   "Instead of creating thrills by aimless gunplay, this crackerjack thriller gives viewers an idea of how dangerous the spy business can be."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   A. J. Hakari "'Body of Lies' ends up being a mostly chaotic movie featuring lead characters it's hard to care about."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker B+ "Body of Lies is certainly one of most well-crafted and intellectually engaging political thrillers to come along this year."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 3/5 "Anchored by an amazing performance by Leonardo DiCaprio and little else, Body of Lies limps along for over two hours, never amounting to more than a decent, if derivative nailbiter."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron C- "Lies is a turgid Middle Eastern thriller, firing blanks as an action submission and presenting a wet match to light the fire of political discourse."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf C ""Body of Lies" is a cynical cinematic Kamikaze sortie where the goal is for the audience to disapprove of every smug American character and every super tricky Middle Easterner."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 4/10 "Body of Lies grants Ferris the usual moral rightness -- even as he's committing questionable acts, he means well."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs C+ "There always seems to be a gunfight, torture, or fireball explosion to keep you mindlessly entertained."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2/4 "So many like-minded films have beat it to the punch that there's nothing new to offer audiences. The talents of all involved have been wasted, and so has our time."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 3/5 "Básicamente un buen film de entretenimiento sobre un tema "serio" como el combate al terrorismo, armado de manera eficaz aunque superficial."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio C+ "An unfocused, almost pointless spy thriller."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 "After Ridley's less-than-stellar stretch including Matchstick Men, Kingdom of Heaven, A Good Year and American Gangster, expectations are medium at best and Body of Lies does nothing to raise them."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress A- "Easily the smartest film to date about the post-9/11 'war on terror.'"   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov "Short on thrills and shorter on political insights"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce C "Curiously lightweight...escapes neither the slick histrionics of a typical studio blockbuster nor the clumsiness that afflicts movies with political messages."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A thriller that reveals the latest twists and turns in the war on terrorism."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3.5/4 "For those who care about there being more to a thriller than pointless car chases and over-edited fight sequences, Body of Lies offers a satisfying dose of truth."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/5 "So much of Body of Lies lumbers along in a lazily predictable manner."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 5/10 "A certain rawness and despairing urgency is never quite achieved for the message the film wants to deliver, and so it remains a well-intentioned, well-produced, yet generally unmemorable entertainment."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 3.5/4 "A tight, first-rate espionage thriller that casts a bleak light on American involvement in the Middle East."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 6/10 "...better than a lot of the post 9/11 espionage films that Hollywood has made."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio "There's just not much being said in 'Body of Lies.' When it comes to novel ideas, everyone gets left out in the cold."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   John P. McCarthy "Good solid far-fetched multiplex action-adventure fare in the Bondian mode, with awe-inspiring technology and just enough moral philosophizing laced through it to give the mind a little something to chew on."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards C- "A stumbling block for myself as a big, fat American who doesn't understand all the nuances of Middle Eastern politics is that the movie was often hard to follow."   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr "Thanks to its high-talent pro lineup, Body of Lies passes the time well, even if it doesn't necessarily enrich it."   Movie City News   Kim Voynar C+ "...should seem ripped from today's headlines. Instead it plays like a typical cat and mouse spy movie with top notch production values and a tacked on romantic angle."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "[C]lever and subtle and demands that you pay attention, and rewards you for doing so..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/4 "Doesn't tell its story clearly, and buries its most compelling aspects beneath action scenes and romantic subplots that detract from them."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B- "The movie has the fungible quality of the kind of book you buy for an airplane trip and toss as soon as you arrive."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 2/4 "While action-adventure conventions take precedence over socio-political analysis, visceral kicks are in short supply, a situation that throws the film's tendencies toward stale misdirection and goofy melodrama into sharp relief."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "Como diversão, Rede de Mentiras merece aplausos. Isto não impedirá, claro, que ele seja relegado ao esquecimento completo dentro de poucos anos."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 2/5 "Yet in spite of the movie's high-tech veneer and its top-billed stars, Body of Lies is depressingly inert."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 3/5 "The film lacks the urgency and, ironically, the intelligence required for something along these lines to succeed."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/5 "While this film's themes seem to address issues of terrorism and CIA meddling, and the powerful cast suggests we're in Important Movie territory, the result is essentially just a routine spy thriller: entertaining but forgettable."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C "It's basically just an excuse for Leonardo DiCaprio to play Jason Bourne while Scott once again turns his technical expertise towards making Morocco look pretty."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux 2.5/5 "A bewildering mishmash of double-crosses, cover-ups, and cliches, Monahan's treatment unfortunately undermines some terrific performances and a solid outing for director Ridley Scott."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 5/10 "Bloated and far-fetched, it's filled with two-and-half-hours of meandering meaninglessness."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 5/10 "Bloated and far-fetched, it's filled with two-and-half-hours of meandering meaninglessness."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 5/10 "Obnoxiously typical, and only its pointlessly convoluted series of double crosses in the middle even gives it the semblance of drama."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 2/4 "Perfectly workmanlike, unimpeachably prestige-y, achingly contemporary, and a near-complete failure as revelation"   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw C+ Read review   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford  (1 - 41) of 41 OFCS Rating: 38% Rotten Page   1