The Amateur
2025, action, suspense
123 minutes
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
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7.0
2025-04-12
Hawes may not be an action director, but he definitely knows how to build tension effectively when it counts, without going overboard. Read more
7.0
2025-04-11
It may pose farfetched confrontations and wrap up too neatly at the end, but the careful plotting, the earnestness of its design, and the quality of its actors really help to sell the narrative. Read more
7.0
2025-04-10
The Amateur is no masterpiece. But it is a nice change of pace. Read more
6.0
2025-04-15
A slower paced spy thriller, there’s a lot to like here; but some of the more cliche elements and the structure hamstring the film. Read more
5.0
2025-04-12
It's a striking example of how today's Hollywood writers no longer care about the golden storytelling rule of "show, don't tell."... Read more
4.0
2025-04-14
A real disappointment. A concept and a star that promised so much, let down by a poor script and a truly ridiculous damp-squib of an ending. Read more
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8.0
2025-04-11
De film weet op een vakkundige manier de voorspelbaarheid te voorkomen en de uiteindelijke ontknoping is best verrassend en zal je niet helemaal verwachten. Read more
7.0
2025-04-08
Met The Amateur toont Rami Malek dat hij zowel de rol van protagonist als antagonist aankan in het spionage-genre, terwijl 20th Century Studios zijn sterk werk verder zet na Paradise. Read more
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