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The Tourist – review
L ike two Persian cats who have been drugged and somehow trained to walk side by side down the street, those exotic A-listers Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie make a curious spectacle. These pampered exquisites star in a glossy, silly, occasionally amusing caper set in Venice – remade from the 2005 French thriller Anthony Zimmer, and borrowing a little from Polanski's Frantic, with something of Live and Let Die in the chase sequences. Jolie plays a haughty, beautiful woman of mystery with lips as big as a Dalí sofa. She is first seen sipping a coffee in a Paris cafe while under surveillance from some flics hunched in an unmarked van – their leering sweatiness signalling, naturally, that they are about to be royally outwitted. She receives word from her top international criminal lover, instructing her to travel to Venice (as opposed to Middlesbrough or Ashby-de-la-Zouch) and make friends with any guy with his approximate height and build, just to convince the cops that it's him in heavy disguise. So Jolie swans off and chats up a bedazzled tourist – a long-haired, goateed maths teacher played by Depp. She intends to get rid of him once he's served his purpose. But that special, indefinable spark between them keeps the pair together in dangerous situations and tourist locations.
The facial expressions of Depp and Jolie are jammed respectively on "droll hipster" and "enigmatic sexy" and never change, even when they are being shot at or chased across loose-tiled rooftops by gangsters. Jolie, especially, seems so glassy-eyed that she is giving off a distinct Dannii Minogue vibe. She has lots of scenes walking down the streets with Italian men forever turning round to ogle her: doing everything but mouthing the word "phwoar" and frantically pumping their forearms. And all the while Jolie is doing that mysterious smile, as if advertising a scent whose logo is about to appear in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
The movie is directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, famous for the more serious spy drama The Lives of Others, and the screenwriters are a fascinating lineup: Donnersmarck himself, Christopher McQuarrie and Julian Fellowes. Perhaps, Donnersmarck reworked the basic story, and it was McQuarrie's job to do the action stuff and Fellowes the elegant comedy. There is some Cowardian romantic business on hotel balconies that surely had to be Fellowes, and I'd be prepared to bet that he did some of the funny lines Depp has at the beginning, nervously lapsing into Spanish when he should be speaking Italian. Unfortunately, the funny side of the film is abandoned quickly, and the muddled plot disappears bubblingly into the lagoon.
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Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
It all started when he met a woman
American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elsie on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye. Remake of the 2005 French film "Anthony Zimmer", written and directed by Jérôme Salle.
Johnny Depp Angelina Jolie Paul Bettany Timothy Dalton Steven Berkoff Rufus Sewell Christian De Sica Alessio Boni Daniele Pecci Giovanni Guidelli Raoul Bova Bruno Wolkowitch Julien Baumgartner François Vincentelli Clément Sibony Jean-Claude Adelin Jean-Marie Lamour Nicolas Guillot Mhamed Arezki Igor Jijikine Vladimir Orlov Vladimir Tevlovski Alec Utgoff Mark Zak Neri Marcorè Gabriele Gallinari Riccardo De Torrebruna Maurizio Casagrande Nino Frassica Show All… Gwilym Lee Steven Robertson Iddo Goldberg Renato Scarpa Giancarlo Previati Giovanni Esposito Marino Narduzzi Tino Giada Bruno Bilotta Ralf Moeller Marc Ruchmann Massimiliano Belsito Francesca Nerozzi Romina Carancini Jennifer Iacono Claudia Mancinelli Anoushka Rava
Director Director
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Producers Producers
Roger Birnbaum Jonathan Glickman Graham King Tim Headington Gary Barber Denis O'Sullivan Adam Rosenberg Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Writers Writers
Julian Fellowes Christopher McQuarrie Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Original Writer Original Writer
Jérôme Salle
Casting Casting
Susie Figgis Béatrice Kruger Stéphane Foenkinos
Editors Editors
Patricia Rommel Joe Hutshing
Cinematography Cinematography
Executive producers exec. producers.
Olivier Courson Ron Halpern Lloyd Phillips Bahman Naraghi
Lighting Lighting
Morris Flam Stefano Marino Elvis Pasqual Jean-François Drigeard
Camera Operators Camera Operators
Marco Sacerdoti Emiliano Leurini Daniele Massaccesi
Production Design Production Design
Art direction art direction.
Susanna Codognato Marco Trentini
Set Decoration Set Decoration
Anna Pinnock Antonio Tarolla
Visual Effects Visual Effects
David Sanger Matthew Gratzner Thomas F. Ford IV Ted Rae
Title Design Title Design
Ahmet Ahmet
Choreography Choreography
Luca Tommassini
Composer Composer
James Newton Howard
Sound Sound
Craig S. Jaeger Charlie Campagna Wylie Stateman Dror Mohar David Parker Katherine Rose Scott Millan Harry Cohen Hector C. Gika Renée Tondelli
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Colleen Atwood
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Françoise Quilichini Maurizio Silvi Toni G Novella Borghi Joel Harlow
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Veronica McAleer Giorgio Gregorini Peter Nicastro Frédérique Arguello Karen Asano-Myers Fulvio Pozzobon Colin Jamison
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08 dec 2010, 09 dec 2010, 10 dec 2010, 15 dec 2010, 16 dec 2010, 17 dec 2010, 26 dec 2010, 29 dec 2010, 30 dec 2010, 31 dec 2010, 04 jan 2011, 05 jan 2011, 06 jan 2011, 07 jan 2011, 08 jan 2011, 13 jan 2011, 14 jan 2011, 20 jan 2011, 21 jan 2011, 27 jan 2011, 28 jan 2011, 10 feb 2011, 05 mar 2011, 01 jan 2013, 01 oct 2018, 30 dec 2020, 01 apr 2021, 19 apr 2011, 25 may 2011, 03 jan 2013, releases by country.
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- Physical 12 DVD, Blu ray
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New Zealand
- Theatrical 12 Age Limit: 11
Philippines
- Theatrical 16
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- Theatrical 15
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Review by brooklyn ★★★ 23
YOU GUYS PLEASE LOOK AT A PHOTO OF THIS DIRECTOR IT JUST MATCHES HIS NAME SO PERFECTLY IM CRYING OVER THIS
Review by Michael James ★★
You got some beautiful locations and a leading duo in Johnny Depp - Angelina Jolie trying to outdo it with their charm, but unfortunately neither the storyline nor narrative has anything to offer you that is interesting enough and ends up as one tiresome watch. Such a wasted opportunity.
Review by DirkH ★ 9
Jolie + Depp = utter piece of crap.
Who'd have thought?
The director obviously didn't.
He has a funny name.
It is more entertaining than the film.
That's a bit sad.
But also kinda funny in an ironic way.
Review by Jake Cole ★½
What a gorgeously photographed slide show of the cast's all-expenses trip to Venice.
Review by rubbybells ★½
There was more chemistry between Paul Bettany and some burnt pieces of paper than between the 2 leads
Review by max ★★
one star for angelina and one for venice.
Review by C4rlo5 ★★★★ 2
“I’m having dinner, if you’d care to join me.” Shit I love this one, I don’t know why is it the average rating that low (2,6 ⭐️). I really wanted it to fool me, I was just wishing it… just let it flow, you probably know what’s next, but you really want it to be that way… haven’t you ever had that feeling??
I highly encourage you to check this movie out and let me know if it deserves such a low average rating , and if it does you can call me an average beginner of cinema… I mean it has its flaws but it has its charming too .
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Review by nabeel ★
never letting my mom pick movies again
Review by Dawson Joyce ★★ 4
It's well-acted, well-shot, and has occasional moments of intrigue, but The Tourist unfortunately suffers from a painfully obvious plot twist, a muddled and nonsensical script, dull pacing, and little to no chemistry between leads Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie.
Review by gabi ★★★★
i can’t judge frank because i too would risk my life for angelina jolie
Review by Jim ★ 5
Why is Johnny Depp wearing more make-up than Angelina Jolie?
These are the only words I can be arsed to type about this horrendous waste of everybody's time.
Review by Logan Kenny ★★
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HBO Max continues stealth drops of some of the best drama mini-series on television. Last year highlights included “The Head” and “ Station Eleven ,” and they start 2022 strongly with the fantastic “The Tourist,” a twisty tale that plays like an Aussie version of “ Fargo .” With sharp dialogue, clever plotting, and career-best work from Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald , this is a great little thriller, a show that constantly keeps you guessing and entertained in equal measure.
The “ Belfast ” and “ Fifty Shades of Grey ” star plays an unnamed man (at least for a while) who is driving through the very remote Australian outback. He stops at a station to use the bathroom, banters with the guy behind the counter, and hits the road again. Looking in the rearview mirror, he sees a truck gaining on him with remarkable speed. The Man twists off the road to avoid it and the trucker follows, revealing through a POV from his cab that this is very intentional—he’s trying to kill this tourist. They race through the desert until The Man’s car crashes. He wakes up in a hospital with no memory of who he is or how he got there.
Enter a small-town officer named Helen Chambers (Macdonald), engaged to an awful man named Ethan ( Greg Larsen ) and thrust into a mystery about who this handsome Irishman is in a hospital bed. When The Man finds a note with a time and a location in his pocket, he heads to a small town called Burnt Ridge, where he meets a woman named Luci ( Shalom Brune-Franklin ) who might know about his past, ends up crossing paths with a sociopath ( Ólafur Darri Ólafsson ) who clearly wants him dead, and gets a phone call from a man who’s been buried underground. And then things get even weirder.
Created by the people behind the excellent “ The Missing ” (which aired stateside on Starz), the writing on “The Tourist” is a metronomic back and forth between reveals and how those reveals propel the narrative in a new direction. Pushing their way through all the chaos are Dornan and Macdonald, both phenomenal. Dornan finds a quirky, unsettled way to play a man who doesn’t know who he is without resorting to the cliché of the lost soul. If anything, he leans into more of a blank slate interpretation of amnesia, playing a guy who’s more open to what comes next because he can’t remember what came before. And Macdonald is charming and so incredibly likable that she becomes the heart of a show that can be cold at times.
Echoes of “ Memento ” and “Fargo” aside, “The Tourist” also has its own quirky personality. Some of those quirks get a bit extreme in late-season episodes in ways I can’t spoil, but the show is never boring. It’s a reminder that the Dornan who was so great in “ The Fall ” is still out there, and I hope it leads him to more bizarre, challenging roles like this one. There’s an argument to be made that there’s an even-better 100-minute movie in this six-episode mini-series, but that’s not the world we’re in right now. A story like this has a better chance to be told in the TV system than the mid-budget film one, and the writers don’t drag their feet or spin their wheels like so many streaming thrillers. They’re constantly moving our hero forward, keeping us uncertain about his past and even his moral center.
Some will argue that “The Tourist” gets too convoluted and I’ll admit that I enjoyed the playful uncertainty of the first half of the season more than the intensity of the second half. Although the show does get deeper in how it unpacks lies we tell ourselves and those we listen to from other people. It turns out that everyone on "The Tourist" has a secret or two, and almost all of them could use a car accident to reset the hole they've dug for themselves.
I'm not sure how intentional it is but the show never stopped reminding me of some of my favorite early Coen films—the noir danger of “ Blood Simple ,” the open roads of “ Raising Arizona ” (and a bearded hunter who seems unkillable), Macdonald’s very Marge Gunderson character—and yet these nods to greats are embedded in a breakneck plot that never slows down enough to distract from its own inspired storytelling. Take the trip.
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The Tourist: Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. With Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton. Revolves around Frank, an American tourist visiting Italy to mend a broken heart. Elise is an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path.
The Tourist is a 2010 American romantic thriller film co-written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and starring Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, and Timothy Dalton.It is a remake of the 2005 French film Anthony Zimmer. GK Films financed and produced the film, with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions releasing it in most countries through Columbia Pictures.
The Tourist is a 2010 American romantic thriller film co-written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and starring Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, and Timothy Dalton. It is a remake of the 2005 French film Anthony Zimmer. GK Films financed and produced the film, with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions releasing it in most countries through Columbia Pictures.
Rated: 2/5 • Aug 27, 2022. Aug 9, 2022. During an impromptu trip to Europe to mend a broken heart, math teacher Frank Tupelo (Johnny Depp) finds himself in an extraordinary situation when an ...
A depressing element is how much talent "The Tourist" has behind the camera. Writer-director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck made "The Lives of Others," which won the 2007 Oscar for best foreign film.The screenplay is by Christopher McQuarrie (Oscar winner for "The Usual Suspects") and Julian Fellowes (Oscar winner for "Gosford Park"), along with von Donnersmarck.
The Tourist on DVD March 22, 2011 starring Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Rufus Sewell, Paul Bettany. An American tourist (Johnny Depp) is used by an Interpol agent (Angelina Jolie) in an attempt to flush out a criminal with whom she once ha ... 2010 - June: The film was set to Post-Production status. 2010 ... More Info on IMDb ; Get the latest ...
The Tourist - review. Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie's star power loses out to a muddled spy plot in Venice. By Peter Bradshaw. Peter Bradshaw. Thu 9 Dec 2010 17.00 EST. L ike two Persian cats ...
Synopsis. It all started when he met a woman. American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elsie on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye. Remake of the 2005 French film "Anthony Zimmer", written and directed by Jérôme Salle. Remove Ads.
Frank (Johnny Depp), a mild-mannered American on vacation in Venice, Italy, is befriended by Elise (Angelina Jolie), a breathtakingly beautiful woman with a mysterious secret. Soon, their playful romantic dalliance turns into a complicated web of dangerous deceit as they are chased by Interpol, the Italian police, and Russian hit men in this suspense-filled, international action thriller ...
"Frank (Johnny Depp), a mild-mannered American on vacation in Venice, Italy, is befriended by Elise (Angelina Jolie), a breathtakingly beautiful woman with a...
The Tourist is a drama thriller television series. It stars Jamie Dornan as the victim of a car crash who wakes up in a hospital in Australia with amnesia.. The series premiered on 1 January 2022 on BBC One in the UK, the next day on Stan in Australia, and on 3 March on HBO Max in the US. It is distributed internationally by All3Media.. In March 2022, the series was renewed for a second series ...
IMDb 6.0 1 h 43 min 2010. PG-13. Action · Suspense · Mysterious · Passionate. This video is currently unavailable. to watch in your location. Details. It centers on Frank, an American tourist who visits Italy to mend a broken heart. Elise is an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses her path.
The Tourist. A mysterious woman (Angelina Jolie) and a mild-mannered American (Johnny Depp) become involved in web of intrigue, romance and danger in this international action thriller set in the spectacular city of Venice, Italy. 5,842 IMDb 6.0 1 h 43 min 2010. X-Ray UHD PG-13
HBO Max continues stealth drops of some of the best drama mini-series on television. Last year highlights included "The Head" and "Station Eleven," and they start 2022 strongly with the fantastic "The Tourist," a twisty tale that plays like an Aussie version of "Fargo."With sharp dialogue, clever plotting, and career-best work from Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald, this is a ...
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Watch The Tourist with a subscription on Netflix. Seasons. Season 1 97% 2022 Details Season 2 96% 2024 Details . Cast & Crew. Jamie Dornan. The Man. Danielle Macdonald. Helen Chambers. Shalom ...