A Mighty Heart

Paramount Vantage | Release Date: June 22, 2007

7.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 55 Ratings

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DanielJ.Jun 22, 2007

Hoberman's Village Voice review says it all, and better than I could. It comes off as well-intentioned, but a vanity project for Jolie nonetheless. All the acting is quality, but it doesn't really commit to the visceral nature of Hoberman's Village Voice review says it all, and better than I could. It comes off as well-intentioned, but a vanity project for Jolie nonetheless. All the acting is quality, but it doesn't really commit to the visceral nature of the story. Not affecting.… Expand

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DWillyJun 24, 2007

No, I'm sorry, this just isn't a very good movie. Well-meaning, certainly, but with mostly ad libbed dialog that is painfully glib or clunky and consistently guts the tension out of what should have been a very interesting, No, I'm sorry, this just isn't a very good movie. Well-meaning, certainly, but with mostly ad libbed dialog that is painfully glib or clunky and consistently guts the tension out of what should have been a very interesting, educational story. The glowing reviews given the acting of the mighty celebrity that is Angelina Jolie comes, I think, from "bear on a bicycle" syndrome... people are impressed she can do it at all.… Expand

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TabU.Jun 22, 2007

Angelina's great performance suffers from an otherwise confusing, chaotic use of semi-realism photography. Too many scenes appear to be useless travelogue footage that have no bearing on the movie's main premise and unlike "Lost in Angelina's great performance suffers from an otherwise confusing, chaotic use of semi-realism photography. Too many scenes appear to be useless travelogue footage that have no bearing on the movie's main premise and unlike "Lost in Translation" the direction of this movie required that the audience be given better editing and a clear intent on what this movie was attempting to portray. Daniel Pearl is not seen much in this movie is appears more of an afterthought. Angelina Jolie as Marianne Hanssen, however, is almost brilliant in her scenes that captivate and express the perplexity of her situation and her efforts and bewilderment in this tragedy. Unfortunately, her presence can't escape the overall movie's slow and uneven pacing and editing, and the collage of cinematic scenes that appear to be pasted together that when taken as a whole cannot hold the entire movie together.… Expand

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amheretojudgeAug 4, 2019

Surf whatever channel you wish to, the day you see this film you are going to hear only one news.

A Mighty Heart Winterbottom has a daunting task, to make an unfathomable true case into a compelling drama. And the primary reason why itSurf whatever channel you wish to, the day you see this film you are going to hear only one news.

A Mighty Heart

Winterbottom has a daunting task, to make an unfathomable true case into a compelling drama. And the primary reason why it doesn't speak to the larger audience, is that it focuses on the aspects of the world that people often tend to ignore. Addition to that, as an excuse for drama, it is obliged to and does focuses on the reminiscing emotions along with guilt, unknown terror and lack of opportunity. And packed hastily with these horrifying elements the adapted screenplay of John Orloff from a book by Mariane Pearl, threads this sobering journey with formal paperwork and vital social rigmarole that it has cornered itself to go through.

The director Michael Winterbottom against these many odds is still delivering a gritty political drama that befriends the humanitarian nature in the workplace. And that very brief period, that comes late in the film remains my favorite part and the gist of the film. Despite being dipped in a series of pathos information revealed subsequently, the troops in the middle of this cold war manages to find some quality time to share and endear. A film of such rigid posture and it feels good to see it dance absentminded; a slow dance but I'll take anything.

And supporting cast is a major boost in this film. There are plenty of guest appearances in here and each of them casts quite an impression on us and Angelina Jolie in lead. Her part, to be fair, is difficult to portray. Consistently and entirely covering the film with a reserved depressed emotional ride, Jolie gets very few moments to fully exaggerate and express her emotions. A Mighty Heart has a big upbeating and surprisingly even optimistic heart, but all of that remains to be the aftermath that is to and does come after the storm leaves the sea.… Expand

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