Straight Edge Life

Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn knocked my socks off in The Interpreter. There’s this thing that happens when Penn gets pissed off or frustrated as a part of his roles, his voice cracks and you just forget about Penn and feel the character. It’s weird because he does it in all of his roles, but it works and it always adds to the intense roles he plays. And The Interpreter is intense. It’s a politically charged story about a United Nations interpreter (Kidman) who overhears plans for the assassination of a west african leader. To make a long story short, the whole thing blossoms into an intense investigation of both Kidman and UN security with a team lead by Penn. Along the way both characters reveal pieces of their dark past and keep the audience well entertained.