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Captured by the U.S. Government, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Tahar Rahim) languishes in prison for years without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Jodie Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Shailene Woodley). Together they face countless obstacles in a desperate pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch (Benedict Cumberbatch), eventually reveals a

The Serpent, Rahim has a remarkable talent for bringing warmth to the most pained characters by opening his luminescent eyes or through perceptive facial movements. He does this to tremendous effect playing a man who once fought alongside the Mujahideen against the Soviets. He gives Mohamedou a dose of humanity, while also leaving some room for doubt over his involvement, or lack thereof, in heinous crimes. Somehow, he makes Slahi obstinate, but also warm and courteous. He makes us want to believe his words are true, without necessarily having us convinced. The action starts in the aftermath ...

‘The Mauritanian’: Film Review David Rooney The Mauritanian, based on the best-selling memoir Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who spent 14 years incarcerated at the U.S. Naval Base in Cuba without ever being charged with a crime. Macdonald is an exceptional documentary maker ( Touching the Void) with a more uneven track record in narrative features ( The Last King of Scotland is probably strongest among them), and this legal procedural remains strangely flat, despite its star power and a gripping central performance from Tahar Rahim as Slahi. An unimpeachably w...

This painfully worthy adaptation of former inmate Mohamedou Ould Salahi’s diary stars only good guys, and is hand-wringingly self congratulatory

A politically charged legal thriller with only an intermittent pulse. TWITTER 2/19/2021 Jodie Foster and Benedict Cumberbatch star as lawyers on opposing sides of a habeas corpus case in Kevin Macdonald's drama based on the memoir of a longtime Guantánamo Bay detainee, played by Tahar Rahim. Kevin Macdonald has sensational nonfiction material in The Mauritanian, based on the best-selling memoir Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who spent 14 years incarcerated at the U.S. Naval Base in Cuba without ever being charged with a crime. Macdonald is an exceptional documentary maker ( Tou...