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The Amateur

Action Thriller

2025, Movie, 2h 3min

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.

Country: United States

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Reviews

Critic Rodrigo Perez

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...a lot smarter and sharper than most mainstream moves in cineplexes these days.

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Meisam Lund

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Surprisingly good. Mostly carried by the story of the movie. Rami Malik is not convincing in his role nor is he a very good actor so that drags the movie down a lot. Otherwise a solid entertainment

7 months ago

Critic Amon Warmann

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He’s not even competent with a gun. Instead, Charlie Heller (Rami Malek) is a desk-bound cryptographer, a “nerdy fella who works on computers”, as one character calls him.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Eric Goldman

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...feels like a welcome variation on the kind of “guy on the run” espionage movies we got regularly back in the '90s.

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Critic Tara Mcnamara

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Every time The Amateur starts to crackle with tension, it crashes into the brittle spine of Littell's source novel.

Read full review at Common Sense Media

Critic Wendy Ide

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Rami Malek is a brilliant code cracker lacking in charisma.

Read full review at The Guardian

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In "The Amateur," a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder faces the unimaginable after his wife is killed in a terrorist attack in London. Frustrated by the inaction of his superiors, he decides to take justice into his own hands. With nothing but his intelligence and determination, he embarks on a perilous global quest to find those responsible for her death. As he navigates this dangerous world, every decision could mean the difference between life and death. This gripping action thriller showcases one man's relentless pursuit of vengeance against all odds. Will his intellect be enough to outsmart not just the enemies he hunts, but also those within his own agency?