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The Good Shepherd is a 2006 spy film directed by Robert De Niro and starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie, with an extensive supporting cast. Although it is a fictional film loosely based on real events, it is advertised as telling the untold story of the birth of counter-intelligence in the Central Intelligence Agency. The film's main character, Edward Wilson (portrayed by Matt Damon), is loosely based on James Jesus Angleton and Richard M. Bissell. This was Joe Pesci's first film appearance after his six-year hiatus from acting between 1999 and 2005. Eric Roth, the film's screenwriter, began to work on the project after he abandoned his attempt to bring Norman Mailer's Harlot's Ghost to the screen. Like De Niro's film, Mailer's novel is a fictionalized chronicle of the C.I.A.
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By G_R_E_G
Format:DVD
This movie is smart, interesting, and at times thrilling. All actor give good performances and Robert DeNiro is and ecxelent director. This should have gotten a best picture nomination the the Oscars.
By Wayne
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Some reviewers have commented that most of the characters were methodical and boring but in the world of spies I believe that these are the characters that survive.Matt Damon carries this movie and he is in almost every scene.
He is cold and calculating and a perfectionist but not a cruel man.His hobby is building ships in a bottle .His methodical and observant personality saves him from being compromised by the Russians who value him greatly.
De niro has succeded in making a low key movie very interesting but he fails at organizing the scenes in a logical order .The film jumps forward and backwards in time I had to watch the movie twice before I fully understood what was happening.
Despite its flaws and its confusing moments it is a long but never dull film.
He is cold and calculating and a perfectionist but not a cruel man.His hobby is building ships in a bottle .His methodical and observant personality saves him from being compromised by the Russians who value him greatly.
De niro has succeded in making a low key movie very interesting but he fails at organizing the scenes in a logical order .The film jumps forward and backwards in time I had to watch the movie twice before I fully understood what was happening.
Despite its flaws and its confusing moments it is a long but never dull film.
Format:DVD
How truthful is this film... no one will ever know.
How can anyone know anything about a company (CIA) that (supposedly) deals with lies... again, no one will ever know.
Important issues are presented here: imperialism, espionage, loyalty, betrayal...
This film was certainly worth watching, for Matt Damon's performance (as Edward Wilson) especially. He and *he alone* carries the film on his shoulders.
A surprise: De Niro shows a better talent as a director than an actor.
Angelina Jolie, as Wilson's wife, overacts way too much and her character is not credible because not well developed. Tammy Blanchard (who plays Laura) definitely has more talent than Jolie.
The melodramatic dialogue didn't help the movie, however well directed it may have been.
Recommendation to watch _The Good Shepherd_: Pay attention to the dates, as it is rather easy to get lost in the second act, where Russian spies and the Bay of Pigs invasion are mentioned.
Better editing and script-writing would have made the film shorter (close to 3 hours!), as many of those details were not needed to understand what was going on.
Certainly worth watching, but be prepared to endure three hours of film.
How can anyone know anything about a company (CIA) that (supposedly) deals with lies... again, no one will ever know.
Important issues are presented here: imperialism, espionage, loyalty, betrayal...
This film was certainly worth watching, for Matt Damon's performance (as Edward Wilson) especially. He and *he alone* carries the film on his shoulders.
A surprise: De Niro shows a better talent as a director than an actor.
Angelina Jolie, as Wilson's wife, overacts way too much and her character is not credible because not well developed. Tammy Blanchard (who plays Laura) definitely has more talent than Jolie.
The melodramatic dialogue didn't help the movie, however well directed it may have been.
Recommendation to watch _The Good Shepherd_: Pay attention to the dates, as it is rather easy to get lost in the second act, where Russian spies and the Bay of Pigs invasion are mentioned.
Better editing and script-writing would have made the film shorter (close to 3 hours!), as many of those details were not needed to understand what was going on.
Certainly worth watching, but be prepared to endure three hours of film.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Cant watch!
Probably a good movie ( it was recommended to me and the movie has great actors). But I tried to watch it twice but could not continue. Find it kind of heavy and slow. Read more
Published 3 months ago by FrenchTulipe
1.0 out of 5 stars
stick to acting, De Niro
At 2 hours and 47 minutes this thing plods along and the worse thing about the DVD package is the extras are only "deleted scenes" meaning they actually edited this movie? Read more
Published on April 28 2009 by Brian Maitland
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Good Shepherd is indeed good -- but far from great
Ambitious, star-studded, and lengthy, The Good Shepherd purports to give us a sense of how the CIA operated during the Cold War and how it affected those who devoted themselves to... Read more
Published on July 24 2007 by Daniel Jolley
2.0 out of 5 stars
[2.5]--Cheese-la-Weez What Happen Here?
As curious as I was about this movie it had me dazed. The 'Good Shepherd' always struck me symbol for Christianity. Read more
Published on Jun 23 2007 by Jenny J.J.I.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Too long, not enough action
This movie has a great cast but nothing to go with it. It drags on and on with practically nothing to keep your interest. Read more
Published on April 17 2007 by D. Landry
1.0 out of 5 stars
Lost Shepherd
At least the depth of this movie was lost on my husband and I!! I was so extremely disappointed in this movie. It was very very slow. Read more
Published on April 5 2007 by The Busy Bee
4.0 out of 5 stars
For cloak and dagger fans
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... Read more
And takes up so much time
I watched, and then I had to nap
Before I wrote this rhyme
The early roots of... Read more
Published on Mar 18 2007 by Amanda Richards
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