Oscar winner Rami Malek leads this revenge action film as a CIA cryptographer who discovers that terrorists were behind his fiancée's death....
Oscar winner Rami Malek leads this revenge action film as a CIA cryptographer who discovers that terrorists were behind his fiancée's death. Receiving special training, he plots his path to take them all down. To do so, he must blackmail those within the CIA carrying out dodgy secret missions of their own. From prominent TV director James Hawes (Black Mirror, Slow Horses)
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61 %158 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
89 %2,214 reviewsAudience score rating
"The movie isn’t badly made (it’s never less than watchable), but a lot of pulp has been stuffed into its blender."
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Variety
Variety"The film makes a compelling enough case to sustain itself across the entire television season’s worth of plot that it packs into two hours."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"It at least looks and feels like a real movie."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Malek gives an eccentric performance..."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"We’ve seen all this before, but at least The Amateur finds its own way to get the job done."
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Independent
Independent"Pleasingly old-fashioned spy thriller."
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Time Out
Time Out"Malek and director James Hawes never put us in Heller’s shoes, keeping us at a distance through every choice they make..."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.comThe Amateur | Details
- Rating
- M, Mature themes and violence
- Runtime
- 123
- Genre
- Action
- Country of origin
- USA
- Studio
- Disney
