The truth is that Sidney Pollack's career has been rather irregular. He's capable of doing very good movies ("Tootsie", "The Firm"), but he can as well make pure rubbish such as "Sabrina" or "Random hearts". You never know what to expect from him. Anyway, fortunately "The interpreter" is closer (in quality) to "The Firm" than to the remake of "Sabrina". It is a nice suspense film, and Pollack copes very well with this kind of products. "The interpreter" is no masterpiece, but this plot involving the Secret Service of the USA, the UN, and some African war lords is quite entertaining and it's been filmed such elegantly.
I wonder if it wouldn't have been much better to choose another actress to play the ex-guerrilla character. I mean, Nicoloe Kidman is a wonderful performer, she's always OK, but she doesn't look that much like a paramilitary. Sean Penn is OK too, as usual, but neither him nor Kidman have made the work of their lives in "The interpreter". They look like they're on the automatic pilot. It doesn't matter though, none of them have anything to prove at this stage.
*My rate: 6/10
I wonder if it wouldn't have been much better to choose another actress to play the ex-guerrilla character. I mean, Nicoloe Kidman is a wonderful performer, she's always OK, but she doesn't look that much like a paramilitary. Sean Penn is OK too, as usual, but neither him nor Kidman have made the work of their lives in "The interpreter". They look like they're on the automatic pilot. It doesn't matter though, none of them have anything to prove at this stage.
*My rate: 6/10