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Movie Details |
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Language |
English |
Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
Running Time |
126 mins |
Country |
USA |
Color |
Color |
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Plot |
Romantic adventure, marital crisis, and the tragedy of global hunger are combined with mixed but respectable results in Beyond Borders, starring Angelina Jolie in a role that reflects her off-screen efforts as a United Nations goodwill ambassador. Jolie plays a naive American socialite, unhappily married and living in London, whose life is revolutionized when a passionate doctor (Clive Owen, replacing original costar Kevin Costner) draws her into the cause of humanitarian aid in the world's most dangerous political hot-spots including Ethiopia, Cambodia (where Jolie adopted her first child), and Chechnya in the 1980s and '90s. Directed by Martin (Goldeneye) Campbell, who replaced Oliver Stone during troubled pre-production, this well-meaning film suffers from schizophrenic priorities: Is it a globetrotting love story? An impassioned political exposé? Powerful scenes and fine performances can't entirely offset the film's identity crisis, and the ending strives for a quality of martyrdom that it doesn't really earn. --Jeff Shannon |
Personal Details |
Seen It |
Yes |
Index |
863 |
Collection Status |
In Collection |
Links |
Amazon US
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Product Details |
Edition |
Widescreen Edition |
Format |
DVD |
Region |
Region 1 |
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097363399247 |
Release Date |
3/23/2004 |
Subtitles |
English |
Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono |
Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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