6/08/2009

The Good Shepherd (2006)

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"It isn't about dedication and loyalty, it's about belief in what we do."

Edward Wilson (Matt Damon), a quiet, unassuming man and member of the secret Skull & Bones Society at Yale (nominally the WASP future leaders training grounds), was a member of OSS, a intelligence service, during WWII. The OSS became the CIA when the Cold War began and Wilson soon rose to the top -- the head of CIA counterintelligence.

When he suspects that Castro was tipped off to the Bay of Pigs invasion, Wilson goes in search of the traitorous mole and in the process he explores the many failures, disappointments and betrayals in his own life.
Also appearing are Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Billy Crudup, Robert De Niro (who also directed), Keir Dullea, Michael Gambon, William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, Joe Pesci, and John Turturro.

Run time: 2 hours, 47 minutes

Rated R for some violence, sexuality and language.

My personal rating: B

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