Interpreter

So I saw the Interpreter last night which I expected I would really like. Not so. Everything about the movie felt manufactured, and the dialogue between Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn was often painfully bad. It was as if the director thought their awkward dynamic would be improved by peppering every conversation with long pauses. Perhaps most annoying was that the film tried to push a preachy, pro-UN message of dialogue and forgiveness over vengeance that ended up being as contrived as it was unbelievable. There were admittedly some entertaining and suspenseful moments, but next time I want a movie about the U.N. with Sean Penn in it, I'll watch Team America: World Police.