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List Price: $28.98 Our Price: $19.99 You Save: $8.99 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • DVD-Video • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 19 October, 2007 DVD Release : 19 February, 2008 |
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Rendition description Roger Ebert called it "perfect," and certainly the timing couldn't have been much better: Rendition was released just as the U.S. was debating anew the issue of "extraordinary rendition," a policy (begun under the Clinton administration, accelerated after September 11, 2001) of handing over suspected terrorists to countries that use torture as a ... review details |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | even better than Elah |
| After all the hype about its poor box office receipts, I was wary about a serious political film starring LEGALLY BLONDE's Reese Witherspoon, or another sensationalist "rendition" of what American movies make of torture.
But the script is particularly intricate and intelligent, with a wonderful twist. Sorry it didn't catch fire for the amazon reviewer, but the restraint with which this film treats the subject is responsible and works well. Especially since--despite the director's political position--the script does harken back to the early years of LAW AND ORDER, when the strongest arguments of all sides of an issue were voiced. |
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