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The Mauritanian
2021
· Movie
· 129 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1506
- IMDb #1110
- Google retired #291
- Metacritic #2695
- Letterboxd #1466
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2385
+6 more
- Metacritic Critics #3098
- Metacritic Audience #1758
- Criticker #1415
- Kinopoisk #478
- AlloCiné #426
- Trakt #646
Every rating
53–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 53, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 64, everyone else 77.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A defense attorney agrees to represent a man who has been imprisoned by the U.S. government at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp for years without charge or trial. The prisoner, a Mauritanian man, claims he was tortured into making a false confession. The lawyer and her team fight a labyrinthine legal battle against immense government opposition to uncover the truth and secure his fundamental right to justice.
Details
- Director
- Kevin Macdonald
- Writers
- Michael Bronner, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani
- Based on
- Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi
- Studio
- 30WEST, Topic Studios, STXfilms, SunnyMarch
- Released
- 12 February 2021
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English, French, Arabic, German, Latin
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $7.5M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (18) →
Awards & nominations
See all 16 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 16 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 2021 | Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Jodie Foster | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2021 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Tahar Rahim | Nominee |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Award 2021 | Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Winner |
| British Academy Film Award 2021 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Tahar Rahim | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Award 2021 | Best Adapted Screenplay | M.B. Traven, Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Award 2021 | Best Cinematography | Alwin H. Küchler | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Award 2021 | Outstanding British Film | Kevin Macdonald, Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani and M. B. Traven | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Award 2021 | Best Film | Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Beatriz Levin and Lloyd Levin | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Jodie Foster | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Tahar Rahim | Nominee |
AARP Movies for Grownups Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Winner |
Heartland Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Truly Moving Picture Award | Kevin Macdonald | Winner |
British Academy Film Award
5 nominations
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Tahar Rahim | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | M.B. Traven, Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Alwin H. Küchler | Nominee |
| Best Film | Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Beatriz Levin and Lloyd Levin | Nominee |
| Outstanding British Film | Kevin Macdonald, Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani and M. B. Traven | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle Awards
3 nominations
| Actor of the Year | Tahar Rahim | Nominee |
| Director of the Year | Kevin Macdonald | Nominee |
| Film of the Year | The Mauritanian | Nominee |
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Tahar Rahim | Nominee |
| Best Female Action Hero | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
Casting Society of America
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Studio or Independent Feature - Drama | Nina Gold, Christa Schamberger (location casting) | Nominee |
European Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Tahar Rahim | Nominee |