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Oct 25, 2023Moviereviewer rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
2014. A good true story inspired movie about a journalist detained by Iran.
Oct 13, 2019
Started well but found the interrogation part way too long. I fast forwarded a lot.
Aug 11, 2016akirakato rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is a 2014 American political drama written, directed and produced by Jon Stewart, based on the memoir "Then They Came for Me" by Maziar Bahari and Aimee Molloy. It recounts Bahari's 2009 imprisonment by Iran, connected to an…
bookwurm1
Dec 30, 2015
TERRIBLE MOVIE. John Stewart was obviously a rookie at film-directing, here. But, the main problem was, it just didn't "GEL." It was all over the place, the interrogator's acting was "so-so" but Gael Garcia Bernal delivered, though he…
Green_Bird_203
Oct 15, 2015Green_Bird_203 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Shohreh Aghdashloo's deep tone of voice is still haunting days after you turn off the movie. Check her in "House of Sand and Fog" and "The Stoning of Soraya M".
norma95
Oct 10, 2015
Please delete. I've already seen it.
Aug 20, 2015bjohns rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Don't let the trailers fool you. This reporter was not jailed in Iran just because of an interview on the Daily Show! Jon Stewart's directing debut was well cast and well acted. Finally a movie which shows that torture is not just…
jpozenel
Aug 06, 2015jpozenel rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I was expecting much more but got much less. This is an unbelievable boring idea for a movie. I could see it working in book form, but it just didn't work as a film.
ebarteldes
Aug 01, 2015
If you wonder why Jon Stewart quit The Daily Show, ask no further. This is a brilliant movie, based on the book written by Bahari, who lived through the story. Too bad it was not quite a hit - this film deserves to be seen.
Jul 21, 2015BlueHippo rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Not bad, but not as good as I expected. I could not figure out if the "journalist" that this guy was supposedly talking to was meant to be John Stewart or not. I was not sure how realistic the prison scenes were-did they really let this…
xaipe
May 27, 2015xaipe rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This movie, which is Jon Stewart's directorial debut, is about a young Iranian-Canadian filmmaker and journalist named Maziar Bahari who was arrested and imprisoned for 118 days after his report on Iran was published in Newsweek. The…
May 17, 2015voisjoe1_0 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Director Jon Stewart of the Comedy Central's The Daily Show once did a satirical bit about Iran’s dictatorship with an Iranian journalist. When the journalist travelled to Iran to cover the rigged Iranian election, the Iranians either…
May 12, 2015JackamoJames rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
what started out as a fascinating journey into a true story, did not evolve enough to capture the brutality of the mans event. So much more seems to have been left for the imagination to fill in. Could have been " right in your face" but…
May 11, 2015Bookafterbook rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Well told story of the loss of freedoms, torture, and middle eastern style of 'government'. It takes patience and knowledge to understand this movie.
May 07, 2015Bob rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I so wanted to like this movie but I just couldn't. I've been a fan of Stewart and his show for well over a decade, but I think perhaps he was too close to this story to do it justice. Gael Garcia Bernal does his best with what he is given.
7duffy
Apr 30, 20157duffy rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Long, slow and drawn out. If Jon Stewart hadn't written & directed the movie, would there even be a wait for this dvd ?
Apr 14, 2015pcx rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Very disappointed. The most boring movie I have seen in a while.
Apr 12, 2015jimg2000 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Docudrama adapted from Bahari's memoir on his plight as a prisoner in Iran. The torture scenes came across relative mild from what we heard from Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and not to mention ISIS. It was possible that those associated with the…
Apr 02, 2015Ron@Ottawa rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This is a political film and based on the capture and subsequent release of a Newsweek journalist in Tehran. The interrogation scenes are long, and overall the film is not as tight as it should be to retain viewers attention. It is in…
Mar 16, 2015zal1 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The script was done by the famous TV host Jon Stewart and also directed by him. What might have been a great movie since this was a film dramatization of the incarceration of Iranian-born Newsweek journalist M Bahari lacked the needed…