Syriana
November 2005
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J. R. Jones
This is intelligent, committed, and politically provocative, though its narrative puzzle box may prompt you to throw up your hands and let ExxonMobil go on running the world.
David Ansen
Its dark, dog-eat-dog vision of the world we live in may give you geopolitical nightmares.
Joshua Rothkopf
Evidently, such matters of thematic coherence, so well explored by Gaghan in Traffic, were not as important to him this time around, and it's a mistake.
Stephanie Zacharek
It's entirely possible that Gaghan just isn't an actor's director.
Stanley Kauffmann
Syriana impresses, not because it is very moving, which it isn't, or because it is crystal clear, which it also isn't, but because it is so large, so encompassing, so seemingly privy to inside stuff.
Moira MacDonald
Watch closely and listen carefully during Syriana because Stephen Gaghan's movie is that rarity: a thinking person's drama.
Critic reviews
J. R. Jones
This is intelligent, committed, and politically provocative, though its narrative puzzle box may prompt you to throw up your hands and let ExxonMobil go on running the world.
David Ansen
Its dark, dog-eat-dog vision of the world we live in may give you geopolitical nightmares.
Joshua Rothkopf
Evidently, such matters of thematic coherence, so well explored by Gaghan in Traffic, were not as important to him this time around, and it's a mistake.
Stanley Kauffmann
Syriana impresses, not because it is very moving, which it isn't, or because it is crystal clear, which it also isn't, but because it is so large, so encompassing, so seemingly privy to inside stuff.
Moira MacDonald
Watch closely and listen carefully during Syriana because Stephen Gaghan's movie is that rarity: a thinking person's drama.
Ruthe Stein
It's hard to get passionately swept away by a movie when you're struggling continually to figure out who's doing what to whom and why.
User reviews
Beautifully Executed & Disturbing A modern spin on an age-old story. CIA, oil companies, etc. Great movie & cast.
Cast and credits
| Actors | Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, Christopher Plummer, George Clooney, Matt Damon, William Hurt |
| Director | Stephen Gaghan |
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Start within 30 days, finish within 48 hours.
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Run time
127 minutes
Rating
R
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