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The Good Shepherd (2006) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
4364 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.50/4 |
# of Ratings: |
84 |
Genres: |
Drama |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 12/22/2006 |
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Director: |
Robert De Niro |
Actors: |
Matt Damon
Angelina Jolie
Alec Baldwin
Robert De Niro
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Plot Outline:
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The history of the CIA and how it got its start and achieved power. A bleak look at how power, secrets and never knowing what is real can steal your soul.
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sapien 08/22/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
2.5/4 |
I expected a little bit more since this is a De Niro movie. But, it still had a chilling scene, and a surprise ending. |
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Chris Kavan 05/28/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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2.5/4 |
The start of the CIA and all the cloak and dagger spy moves is interesting, but it moves at such a glacial pace in this film it takes all the fun out of it. I know the CIA is full of emotionless robots, but they really outdid themselves. |
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07/28/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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The Good Shepherd review |
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Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) invited to join Skull and Bones, a secret society and eventually becomes s Senior CIA Officer. He becomes romantically involvved with deaf student named Laura (Tammy Blanchard) while being seduced by 'Clover' Russell (Angelina Jolie). FBI agent Sam Murach (Alec Baldwin) approaches Edward and also meets General Bill Sullivan (Robert De Niro) asks Edward to join the OSS, offering him a post in London. Damon and Jolie were solid but both were unlikable characters. Baldwin and John Turturro were fantastic supporting casts, and a back-story or better character development would have been interesting. In emotional scenes Damon was just stone cold and insensitive. The numerous characters kept the story moving and the Skull and Bones moments were a waste of time. ... |
Rating of
3/4 |
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03/23/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Different kind of spy movie |
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The CIA has all the answers to everything except how to be human. In the height of the Cold War, the CIA is formed to save the American way of life from the communists. One man, Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) sacrifices everything for his love of the USA. This movie depicts a depressing story about happiness and how it is never found by this man who Russia calls "Mother".
Trust no one. This is the premises of the whole movie, and directory Robert De Niro does a good job of showing how this lack of trust makes being happy impossible. It is refreshing to see a movie about a secret government agency that didn't involve high-tech inventions and crazy action sequences. Instead, the film is more about the drama of loosing everything that is important in a game where there are no winners. The mo... |
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3/4 |
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