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Body of Lies
2008
· Movie
· 128 min
C
MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3087
- IMDb #2144
- Google retired #2397
- Rotten Tomatoes #3210
- Metacritic #2680
- Letterboxd #3531
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3544
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3200
- Metacritic Critics #2716
- Metacritic Audience #2499
- Criticker #1913
- Douban #1476
- Kinopoisk #1940
- AlloCiné #2027
- Trakt #2640
Every rating
47–82
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A cunning CIA operative on the ground in Jordan hunts for a high-level terrorist. His methods are constantly manipulated by his superior, who operates from the safety of Washington via satellite feed. The agent must forge an uneasy alliance with the head of Jordanian intelligence to track his target, navigating the complex and treacherous realities of the Middle East while his trust is tested from all sides.
Details
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Writer
- William Monahan
- Based on
- Body of Lies by David Ignatius
- Released
- 9 October 2008
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $70.0M
- Box office
- $113.3M
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