The Mauritanian
R
7.5
2021
2 hr 9 min
Drama
, Thriller
The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.
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- Cast：
- Tahar Rahim , Jodie Foster , Benedict Cumberbatch , Shailene Woodley , Zachary Levi , Langley Kirkwood , Saamer Usmani
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Reviews
I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
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I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
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This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
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The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
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