Rendition
Seen it?2007 | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With middling reviews (46% on Rotten Tomatoes) and a box office loss, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Argo, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect violence.
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
46% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
6.4 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$25 million worldwide on a $28 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 80K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Gavin Hood
- Reese WitherspoonIsabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
- Jake GyllenhaalDouglas Freeman
- Meryl StreepCorrine Whitman
- Alan ArkinSenator Hawkins
- Peter SarsgaardAlan Smith
- Omar MetwallyAnwar El-Ibrahimi
- Igal NaorAbasi Fawal
- Hadar Ratzon RotemSafiya
- J.K. SimmonsLee Mayer
- Simon AbkarianSaid Abdel Aziz