The Tourist

2010

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Romance / Thriller

138
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 42% · 170 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 42% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 267500 267.5K

hotel paris, france undercover agent venice, italy fake identity boat chase

Plot summary

American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.

Director

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Photo
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Top cast

Angelina Jolie Photo
Angelina Jolie as Elise Clifton-Ward
Johnny Depp Photo
Johnny Depp as Frank Tupelo
Raoul Bova Photo
Raoul Bova as Conte Filippo Gaggia
Gwilym Lee Photo
Gwilym Lee as Senior Technician Mountain
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889.33 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 21
1.66 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   dk   gr   es   fi   nl   no   pt   sv  
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
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3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by classicalsteve 7 / 10

Pure Old-Fashioned Hollywood Fantasy Like the Grant-Hepburn-Kelly films of the1950's and 1960's

"The Tourist" is very similar to some of the Hollywood escapist fair of the 1950's and early 1960's with the likes of Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly. In several films during this era, Grant played an American in European exotic locales dealing with espionage in relatively light-hearted plots. The classic films of this ilk which come to mind are "To Catch a Thief", "Charade", even "Roman Holiday", taking place in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Paris, and Rome. In "The Tourist", Depp plays a Cary Grant-like character and Angelina Jolie has the long dark hair of Audrey Hepburn with the demureness of Grace Kelly. The action begins in Paris then moves to Venice.The best thing about the film is the opening. The viewer is plopped right into the middle of things without any background or knowledge. A demure mystery woman (Jolie) arrives at a café in Paris near the Champs-Elysees and orders her usual, which we learn is already being prepared. She's a regular. A mysterious note is given to her and provides detailed instructions concerning exact steps she's supposed to take right after leaving the café. While she is reading the note, we learn she is being staked out by government officials. Part of the instruction says "...pick someone with my height and build and make them believe it is me..." She burns the note and makes her way to the central train terminal in Paris. Part of the fun of the story is that we don't know who wrote the note, and part of the mystery-fantasy is a gradual revelation regarding who the unknown letter-writer is. (The voice-over for the note is Jolie, which is somewhat confusing at first, because the writer is male.) On a train to Venice, she meets a clueless American tourist from Wisconsin, Frank, played by Johnny Depp. Depp (who doesn't exactly seem like a clueless tourist from Wisconsin) acts flattered that a woman who just walked out of Vogue Magazine would sit by him on the train. And so begins a rather fun, if somewhat improbable, misadventure. Depp appears to be someone "with my height and build". Two factions are on the trail on the unknown "letter-writer": Scotland Yard authorities who believe he has not paid back taxes on a transaction worth several billion British pounds, and an international mob run by an older baddie who would kill not only a man who cheats on his wife, but he'll kill his wife too, and all the members of both families. He would even kill the man's doctor, just for good measure. The mob boss lost billions to the mystery man who was once a trusted part of his organization. Part of the plot is the tried-and-true "mistaken identity" device in which the authorities and the mob appear to be confusing the clueless tourist with the unseen letter-writer. Everyone is sure the man they want is Depp.A fun fantasy which combines elements of romantic-comedy and international espionage. There are a couple of obligatory chase scenes and even a romantic interlude or two, with the compulsory ballroom and casino scenes. What makes it work are the fine performances by Depp and Jolie. The ending is pretty interesting, but there are aspects during the film which don't quite mesh with the information presented previously. But if you're willing to suspend your disbelief and let your imagination run wild, "The Tourist" is a fun treat, sort of like a nice bowl of vanilla ice cream. French vanilla of course on Viennese China.
Reviewed by Rainey-Dawn 8 / 10

Better Than Expected

Revolves around Frank, an American tourist visiting Italy to mend a broken heart. Elise is an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path.This one surprised me - I enjoyed it more than I was guessing I would. How can you go wrong with the two leads: Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp?! Worth watching if you want a more serious Johnny Depp.8.5/10
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