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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast Matt Damon Robert De Niro Tammy Blanchard Angelina Jolie

Directors Robert De Niro

Screenwriters Eric Roth

Running Time 167 minutes

The Good Shepherd (15)

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Plot
In 1961, after the Bay Of Pigs fiasco, CIA agent Edward Wilson (Damon) tries to learn who leaked word of the planned invasion of Cuba. He recalls his long service with the Agency, and ponders the failure of his marriage to Clover (Jolie).

Verdict
Well-crafted and well-acted, but ever-so-slightly worthy and strangely unaffecting. Given the track record of the CIA, it probably ought to be angrier.


Reviewer: Kim Newman

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