Responsible for penning the likes of Michael Clayton and the Matt Damon Bourne series, writer Tony Gilroy adds more intrigue to his resume with this tense drama.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 10, 2021

Allows Hamm's now trademarked Damaged Man Routine(TM) to stay front and centre.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 4, 2021

After years as Don Draper, Jon Hamm shows a new side as a U.S. diplomat in Tony Gilroy's intricate political thriller.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 3, 2020

This is a film that moves through its story like a trained professional with an unwavering eye that stays on target.

| Jun 9, 2020

A by-the-numbers thriller that lacks punch.

| Mar 30, 2020

...it never quite manages to turn this corner from being a movie that sounds like a good idea to one that actually is one.

| Mar 11, 2020

No doubt, this is Hamm's finest role to date after his Mad Men series...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 3, 2020

Not much that you haven't seen before, from the war-torn Middle Eastern city setting to exchanges illuminated by headlights, but it's still worth a look thanks to the intelligence and political clout of Gilroy's script combined with Hamm's star power.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 11, 2019

There's political intrigue abound in Beirut. The actors do their jobs well and director Brad Anderson has put together a thriller that sometimes thrills, when it's feeling gracious.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 26, 2019

Jon Hamm gives his best performance yet.

| Aug 8, 2019

There was so much more that could have been said in Beirut, but Jon Hamm is a strong enough actor to make the thriller work.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 24, 2019

Hamm's nuanced performance elevates the actor to stardom.

| Apr 4, 2019

Gilroy often fares better with more human elements to ground his often too-complex-by-half plotting, and here the solid cast makes the most of it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 20, 2019

Imagine that Mad Men's Don Draper got out of the advertising business and went into the spy game.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 9, 2019

Feels like a throwback to old school political thrillers of the past and delivers little fresh or trendy by way of its story line.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 21, 2018

Beirut is a disappointing display of what filmmaking can accomplish in terms of offering artistic reflection into the world's affairs.

| Original Score: D+ | Oct 23, 2018

But while the philosophy of Beirut is lacking, the film is generally entertaining.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 27, 2018

It's not edge-of-your-seat riveting, but it is interesting enough to get audiences to the end.

| Aug 24, 2018

Jon Hamm is like the Don Draper version of James Bond: sardonic, invested, talented but world weary and wryly humorous.

| Aug 23, 2018

Tony Gilroy's script is intricate and intelligent, with an appropriately cynical view of US foreign relations. And Hamm makes hay with his best role since Mad Men.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 20, 2018