The Good Shepherd

2006 "Edward Wilson believed in America, and he would sacrifice everything he loved to protect it."

The Good Shepherd

6.7 | 2h47m | R | en | Drama

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.

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6.7 | 2h47m | R | en | Drama , History , Thriller | More Info

Released: December. 11,2006 | Released Producted By: Universal Pictures , American Zoetrope Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.thegoodshepherdmovie.com/

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Cast

Matt Damon , Angelina Jolie , Alec Baldwin

Director

Robert Guerra

Producted By

Universal Pictures , American Zoetrope

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Reviews

jay-26154 The story sounds good and full of promise. Somebody in the CIA leaked the Bay of Pigs plans to Castro. I'm in! That should easily fill 90 mintutes. Instead, it's just a series of random flashbacks about Edward. I wish it had stuck to the story. Oh well

thpapasotiriou Nice topic and interesting point of view, casting was amazing, which is the reason that I selected this movie, but I found the movie a bit boring. I think th pace was slow and not that much of suspense. I think director could have done better (sorry Robert). I recommend to watch this movie with low expectations a night that you get bored and have nothing better to do. Put it back in your list but do not exclude it at all. Only because of the topic and the casting worths a try.

sol- Very loosely based on the life of the CIA Head of Counterintelligence during the 1960s, this drama looks at the early years of the agency and its difficulties with the Bay of Pigs. The structure is quite innovative with the film flipping back and forth between the World War II years and the 1960s as the protagonist, played by Matt Damon, is haunted by memories of past failures after being accused of an intelligence leak. Engaging as all this sounds, the film is oddly hard to get through. The lack of makeup to age Damon is the most obvious vice; the story is impossible to follow at times with it unclear whether certain scenes are taking place in the 1940s or 1960s. Then there is the absence of any passage of time between Damon's son as a preteen and adult (Eddie Redmayne is great in the role though). The film's biggest setback though is the fact that Damon's character is cold, reserved and uncharismatic throughout. With his constant poor choices in life, he becomes an incredibly hard person to like. He is not just flawed but almost without virtue. That said, his extreme willingness to put his work/country ahead of his family is certainly curious and the overall film offers a fascinating portrait of individuals doing morally ambiguous things in the name of protecting their country - the most memorable of which is using LSD in an interrogation (with obvious results). Add in a solid supporting turn from Tammy Blanchard, and 'The Good Shepherd' certainly has a number of things going in its favour, but one's mileage is likely to vary based on patience and interest in the subject matter.

Johan Dondokambey The story uses back and forth story flow very nicely in building the background story completely and at the same time focus on the issue at hand. The espionage details are depicted and presented very nicely through the extensive help from the camera angles and zoom plays. I must say I was amazed to see so many big names performing greatly in this movie. Matt Damon performs greatly here, going out of the Bourne espionage character that made him famous, into one that is non operative yet still demands at least the same attention to detail. Angelina Jolie managed to pull out the balancing side for the story. Michael Gambon and Alec Baldwin also did well in filling in the shoes of those characters that don't take much duration.