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The Good Shepherd
A 2006 drama directed by Robert De Niro.
A complicated movie about the Central Intelligence Agency and its agents,The Good Shepherdisn't your typical spy movie. Though it stars Matt Damon (The Bourne Identityfilms) and Angelina Jolie (Mr. & Mrs. Smith,Lara Croftfranchise)--actors with … see full wiki
Cast:
Billy Crudup,
Matt Damon,
Robert De Niro,
Angelina Jolie,
William Hurt,
Michael Gambon,
see all
Director:
Robert De Niro
Genre:
Crime,
Drama
Release Date:
December 22, 2006
MPAA Rating:
R
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The Good Shepherd is one of the more problematic films I’ve seen in a long time. It is difficult either to recommend it or tell anyone to avoid it. If you like spy flicks, then it isn’t a bad one; if they bore you then it is likely it will bore you. The plot is divided between the professional and the personal. Professionally, Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) is an Eli Skull and Bones, meaning both well healed and well connected. Through these connections he becomes … more
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review by arichards.
November 17, 2008
This movie just goes on and on And takes up so much time I watched, and then I had to nap Before I wrote this rhyme The early roots of CIA A group named Skull and Bones We know that spies do much more than Just tap the telephones Secret agents, Russian spies A clear and present danger Remember not to trust a soul Neither a friend nor stranger … more
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review by MzJen_2_review.
April 19, 2007
As curious as I was about this movie it had me dazed. The 'Good Shepherd' always struck me symbol for Christianity. Shepherds look after their flocks so the sheep can be killed and eaten. What's good about that? Fortunately, sheep don't have the intelligence to be paranoid. With Bourne Identity movies under his belt, Matt Damon has a good pedigree to play spy movies. Is this one a killer or dead on arrival? With a budget of $85m, we've got Oscar-winning actors, writers, cinematographers, and more … more
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Starring an impressive cast with Robert DeNiro at the directing helm, 'The Good Shepherd' has some good stories to tell. Crisscrossing between the early '40's and World War II and the '60's with the Cuban Missile Crisis, the movie pieces together the inception of the C.I.A. A spy movie, yes, with a family drama that includes emotional casualties to match, 'The Good Shepherd' starts from a mason-like fraternity called "The Skull and Bones" and traces the ingenious steps the Allies take during The … more
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD may take a lot of patience to sit through the nearly three hour tale written by Eric Roth (Munich, Forrest Gump, Ali, The Horse Whisperer, etc) and directed with meticulous attention to detail by Robert De Niro, but in the end the film about the creation of CIA ("ever notice that no one these 'the CIA' just like no one use 'the God'?"). And although the script confuses the viewer by its propensity to meander over many time frames and many places, the result is a tense attention … more
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