spoiler belowwatching the trailer for the interpreter and i be initially intrigue . i love a good political thriller and and i see sean penn and sydney pollack involve . i be game . never mind nicole kidman and i be not a fan and probably never will be while she just irk me . anyhow and as much a i like the trailer and it very flaw in that i basically know what be go to happen in the film . namely who the bad guy be . it really spoil the movie for me . i be smart than the average joe while i can not believe people still fall for the oh my goodness and the bad guy be actually the person who appear to be the victim and the good guy . twist . it very lame and overdone . try something new people . even so i have to depend on the execution of this to come away satisfied overall . that do not happen here . at all . the acting here be good overall and nice cinematography all around and but what absolutely kill the interpreter be the script . my god the script be horrible . my friend sit next to me asked me if it be write in crayon . it minus well have be write in crayon and because it doesn not get more childish than this . kidman character now rank up there with monica bellucci horrid performance in tear of the sun a one of the most annoying character ever in film while and what piss me off be that this type of character be get more and more prevalent in movie like this . from the begin kidman character walk around completely clueless and lie every chance she get hold information from anyone or everyone who try to help her . what kill me be when penn ask her who she meet with in the park and she simply answer and it personal . i be about to walk out the theater after hear that . you would think that in a pressure situation where you have bitch and moan earlier about possibly not get any protection and you would be a little more cooperative with the people who be now protect you . who write this crap . it personal . the writer couldn not come up with a good answer than that . all throughout the movie we get ta sit through the torture of see kidman lie and hide thing from the very people she depend on and like it a game or something . at one point penn show her a picture he find of her and her brother and hold machine gun walk down a street in africa some time ago . penn and now expect her to finally come clean after about 2 3 previous meeting like these ( where he uncover another one of her lie ) and and the best thing that kidman could say be . get this that not me . what . what do you mean that not me . only after more pressing from penn do she admit that the woman in the picture ( her ) isn not the type of person she be now . penn isn not innocent of corny or lame or pointless dialogue either . a we get the pleasure of go through more of his emotional and oh woe be me soliloquy throughout the film and at time without any provocation . i swear in a scene or two they would be talk about something political or a conspiracy and penn just bust out talk about his dead wife . where the hell do that come from . and how many more time do the hero or good guy of the film have to be a drunk and never mind the reason . this movie and run at 2 hr and 8 min and could have be cut down by at least 40 minute easily . by simply do away with the run around supply by kidman and and lame subtle attempt at a romantic angle . scene that seem like pollack be all too happy to film and make the movie drag even more and would have start to make the movie execution a little good . i say tarted because the script on a whole be just a total mess . after a while there just blabber go on and you do not even care who who and who work for this one or that one and he have conflict with him because of someone else agenda blah blah blah . other thing i do not like represent the bus scene be film nicely and but what be really her point of get on the bus . who be the assassin who be after kidman work for . just why in the hell do she turn on the light in the interpreter room anyway . you mean to tell me that the whole thing be just fake an assassination attempt in order to get more credibility . kidman go through all of this lying and hiding to get to the president and just for him to read a few passage in a book he write and that she know by heart . she attempt to murder an international government figure and and all they do to her be end her home . isn not she a citizen of her home country ( where she really will be just go home ) and but also a citizen of the u where she can be try and sentence like any one of u . i refuse to waste anymore time on this joke of a political thriller i have waste enough . i only go to see this because i be take a friend of mine out for her birthday and this be what she want to see . now i remember why i say i would not be go to the movie for a long while . total waste of time and money . out of star .