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For as much star power as The Tourist has, you might expect something that could go one of two ways. On one hand, you could get a drama so intense that the Academy Board would simply show up at the movie premier and grudgingly hand the cast and crew a box full of Oscars. On the other hand you might have a film that is simply a fun time for the actors, and is possibly an excuse for them to work together with perhaps a trip to somewhere exotic thrown in, ala Oceans 11 (and Oceans 12, and Oceans 13). The Tourist is definitely more on the side of Ocean's 11, and while Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie both turn in decent performances with what they are given to work with, the characters become slaves to a plot, which often has them act in bizarre and contradictory ways.
Directed and co-written by the impressively named Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Writer and director of the German film Lives of Others, the 2007 Oscar winner for best foreign film), The Tourist represents the first English language film for Donnersmarck. While Donnersmarck definitely has an eye for beauty, his pacing and dialogue skills need serious work.
It was a simpler time
The Tourist harkens back to the caper and romance-thriller films of the 50s and 60s, when the lead actor and actress sold the film based on their own charms, and expected the audience to find the plot holes and unrealistic scenarios charming. It is a cousin to older films like To Catch a Thief, and Charade, but lacks the skill of either. Picture Depp as Carey Grant, and Jolie as Audrey Hepburn, and you have an idea of what to expect. Although minus the chemistry. More on that in a bit.
The Tourist is a decent movie, but also something of a hollow one. There is a mystery strung throughout, and the resolution is a bit off. I won't spoil it, but it is not very satisfying, and that is ignoring the numerous logical problems it presents. Of course logic is not something this film thrives on, so that won't be much of an issue.
The city and settings are amazing, and the film carries a European vibe that is both romantic and lush, but looks alone cannot make up for all the other problems. That being said, at least The Tourist is a very pretty movie, but it is sort of the equivalent of a Lamborghini with a Ford Taurus engine
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