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Details: 2006, USA, Cert 15, 167 mins
Direction: Robert De Niro
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Summary: The early history of the CIA seen through the life of a young operative driven to sacrifice his principles
With: Angelina Jolie, Billy Crudup, Joe Pesci, Matt Damon and Robert De Niro
Philip French: The Good Shepherd is better than any of the feature film versions of John le Carre's novels.
Peter Bradshaw: A very dark, murky film, resentfully critical of the dysfunctional CIA family.
Alex von Tunzelmann: Robert De Niro's 2006 'thriller' about the birth of the CIA has all the ingredients of a really good spy movie, and then some. So how did it turn out so dull?
Robert De Niro tells David Thomson why he has become hooked on spooks and why pretending to be other people is strange.
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