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The Amateur
Directed by
James Hawes
PG-13
2025
2h 3m
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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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Cast of The Amateur
Rami Malek
Heller / Producer
Holt McCallany
Director Moore
Danny Sapani
Caleb
Rachel Brosnahan
Sarah
Michael Stuhlbarg
Schiller
Laurence Fishburne
Henderson
Julianne Nicholson
Director O'Brien
Caitríona Balfe
Inquiline
Jon Bernthal
The Bear
Adrian Martinez
Carlos
Evan Milton
Slater
Nick Mills
Finn
Tiffany Gray
Esther
Kate Sumpter
Channel 6 Anchor
David Mills
NBNC Anchor
Anita Anand
CNC Anchor
Ryan Chilcote
CNC Reporter
Barbara Probst
Gretchen Frank
Joseph Millson
Ellish
Marc Rissmann
Mishka Blazhic
The Amateur Ratings & Reviews
FilmWeek (LAist)
Peter Rainer
It's quite adept... A tribute to "nerd power."
Mashable
Kristy Puchko
The Amateur is a frustratingly old-school thriller in which the most modern element is not the top-notch computer hacking that's crucial to its plotline, but focusing its story of a "wife guy."
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
The most annoying thing about The Amateur is how competent it is.
TIME Magazine
Stephanie Zacharek
It's constructed with a breezy sense of confidence.
Boston Globe
Odie Henderson
For all the scenes set in spy movie locales like Paris and Romania, "The Amateur" is a rather dull affair. Director James Hawes can't stage an effective action sequence; you rarely get a good idea of the geography of a scene.
Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
Mark Kermode
Whilst it was on, I enjoyed it.
AARP Movies for Grownups
Thelma Adams
A juicy, stunt-fueled CIA cat-and-mouser.
Tribune News Service
Katie Walsh
All of the elements are there, but the film is frustratingly inert.
NPR
Bob Mondello
Filmmaker James Hawes keeps The Amateur clicking along competently, if not plausibly, through loose ends, loose characters and some blather from the head of the CIA about ethics.
Wall Street Journal
Kyle Smith
Though the movie's structure is basically that of The Fugitive, Mr. Malek is incapable of providing the audience with an emotional hook. His screenwriters are equally lacking in core competence.
Rolling Stone
A.A. Dowd
Only a hair overlong at two hours, this is the kind of disposable airport spy thriller that Hollywood rarely makes anymore, and which generally plays fine, maybe best, on cable over a lazy Saturday afternoon.
Washington Post
Jen Yamato
"The Amateur" falls victim to its own leaky plotting, which suggests more complex twists than it actually has up its sleeves.
ABC News
Peter Travers
It's a promising premise-a nerdy CIA decoder (Rami Malek) turns unlikely action hero when his wife (Rachel Brosnahan) is murdered by terrorists-but the movie promises more than it delivers in terms of suspense, escalating tension and a reason for being.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
... a film neither here nor there.
New York Times
Alissa Wilkinson
Charlie is both too savvy (when it comes to tech stuff) and too hapless (when it comes to spycraft) to fit the bill, and the film ends with more of a shrug than a revelation, or even a gut punch.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
Malek returns to his "Mr. Robot" persona in this tech-centric but slightly dour thriller.
San Francisco Chronicle
Michael Ordoña
Charlie's capacities are fascinating, but it's his limitations, including a deeply wounded psyche, that make the film so much more interesting than the average genre piece.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
Cold-blooded revenge is served up on a fancy plate in "The Amateur," a movie at odds with itself that nevertheless chugs along in perfectly watchable fashion.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
Malek and director James Hawes never put us in Heller's shoes, keeping us at a distance through every choice they make, from Malek's quirky performance to a color palette so depressingly underlit that it made me want to scream.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
"The Amateur" may not be memorable or make sense, but it benefits from a strong cast, it looks glossy (outstanding work on the settings), the action scenes move along well and that pool scene really is pretty special.
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