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Kevin Macdonald’s film is adapted from Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s 2015 memoir, that details the life of a prisoner held without charges in Guantanamo Bay for 14 years
The Mauritanian Review: Tahar Rahim s compelling performance is inspired amid the mostly redacted screenplay
With an earnest ensemble performance, headlined by Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster and Benedict Cumberbatch, The Mauritanian s safe screenplay plays the spoilsport. Written By The Mauritanian Review: Tahar Rahim s compelling performance is inspired amid the mostly redacted screenplay
The Mauritanian
The Mauritanian Director: Kevin Macdonald
The Mauritanian Stars: 3/5
The fact that the real-life Mohamedou Ould Slahi was incarcerated for fourteen years at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp without being charged for a crime should have been cinematic gold handed over on a silver platter to The Mauritanian director Kevin Macdonald. Add to that, we have an exceptional ensemble in Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Benedict Cumberbatch and Shailene Woodley. What could go wrong? The mostly safe screenplay!
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The Mauritanian also stars Shailene Woodley as Teri Duncan and Jodie Foster as Nancy Hollander
THE MAURITANIAN (15, 129 mins) Drama. Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Corey Johnson, Denis Menochet. Director: Kevin Macdonald.
Released: April 1 (streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video)
COMPASSION, humanity and basic civil rights become collateral damage of the so-called war on terror in director Kevin Macdonald s legal drama.
Based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi s harrowing memoir Guantanamo Diary, written during detention on Cuban soil, The Mauritanian coolly details Slahi s horrifying ordeal, which saw him held without charge for 14 years and subjected to sleep deprivation and torture.
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