It might have been an intriguing site of debate; instead, it’s a message movie that has its answers wrapped up in a pretty bow.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 22, 2025

It suffers primarily from the fact that reality doesn't always translate to entertainment value.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 27, 2020

Rendition is a barely tolerable narrative masquerading as an important film.

| Jan 29, 2020

| Original Score: B | Feb 18, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Designed to make us feel like we've just witnessed a powerful experience. The reality of the film is that it's nothing but a shallow and underdeveloped position paper.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jun 10, 2010

The sort of schematic slog that stirs more discussion about the cluelessness of the filmmakers than anything else

| Aug 27, 2009

Rendition features decent performances by all its actors, although few are given any chance to shine.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 26, 2008

Rather then telling a story with characters growing and exploring the politics of the world around them, they simply take up the roles of well-dictated automatons.

| Jul 31, 2008

The film unfolds brilliantly and methodically, as director Gavid Hood's vivid characters are unwittingly drawn together.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 6, 2008

But Rendition, in the end, is a Lifetime movie with pretensions toward being a political thriller. (They could even call it YOU HAVE MY HUSBAND! since Witherspoon shrieks that at Streep in a ludicrous scene.)

| May 1, 2008

The film exists in a gray zone that acknowledges the existence and relevance of both sides.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 28, 2008

Jake Gyllenhaal gets better with each role and here he is impressive as the novice CIA analyst forced to confront his own conscience

| Feb 8, 2008

[A] spotty, but ultimately effective thriller.

| Original Score: B | Jan 26, 2008

Un thriller político bastante crítico hacia los métodos anti terroristas de Estados Unidos y sus aliados, en la misma línea de Syriana, Munich y Leones por Corderos (aunque mucho más efectiva que esta última).

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 22, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 2/6 | Jan 18, 2008

Apresenta-se simultaneamente como um bom filme e, lamentavelmente, também como uma oportunidade desperdiçada.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 10, 2008

Rendition's heart is in the right place, but feels like a desperate single attempt to get it all out at once out of fear of losing another chance. I am glad I saw it, but I don't ever need to see it again.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 22, 2007

The film doesn't know or care who Anwar El-Ibrahimi is outside of how his plight affects the white folks connected with him.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 21, 2007

Rendition gives its take on this practice with enough complexity to keep us engaged - and on the fence about how far our nation should go ...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 21, 2007