The Tourist

In reality, Venice isn’t that pretty. A movie full of faking and intrigue where you have characters and a viewer. Depp is pleasantly dumb and Angelina unusually noble, but there’s just no chemistry between them. Even though a couple of nice scenes and good camera offer beautiful (but fake) shots of Venice, Henckel von Donnersmarck didn’t do a good job here. (02/20/2011)

I have the feeling that all the new additions to the genre of “super smart and cool sleek film” are just roses on the grave. What Ocean’s Eleven and similar films started in the late 90s and the early 00s, gets buried after about a decade with pieces like The Stranger. The Actors are chosen based on their looks, the luxury hotel, and the wealthy and arrogant style is here because there is a lack of a cohesive script and quality direction, and the setting of Venice is indeed magical, but if it were, for example, Kiev or Bratislava, it would be boring. This is really exhausted, let's move on. (10/08/2011)

I was expecting The Tourist to be worse. The worst thing, in my opinion, is that the screenwriters couldn't create a suitable mix of all the genres they wanted to have in the film, and so this very pleasantly shot thing with beautiful cinematography and a good Newton Howard soundtrack just keeps bouncing between the words "Action / Drama / Thriller" and doesn't stay with any of them long enough to really entertain the viewer. That’s too bad. However, I can't say I was bored when I was watching it. Three and a bit stars. Slightly above average. (05/24/2011)

The Tourist is a film that wants to be exciting, romantic, irresistible and clever, but it’s just bland. At most, it has a nice retro feeling. As a marketing-driven movie, it’s not boring, but it still makes you feel that you only paid for an exhibition of stars, costumes and Venice. A VERY hesitant three stars. (01/28/2011)

This film really captivated me, especially with its depiction of Venice, which I also visited during the premiere year of this movie. Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie definitely don't deliver a great spectacle, just a somewhat action-packed film that's occasionally a bit funny. However, that's still quite little for something to be indelibly etched in one's memory. (02/27/2014)