The Mauritanian (2021)

As a window into the atrocities that have been occurring at Guantanamo, this movie does its job well and it’s an important job. Other than that, it’s a tad boring and takes too long getting through the details it wants to convey. Jodie Foster is as good as expected; I particularly enjoy watching her in her older roles. Sadly I have a hard time not seeing Shailene Woodley as a teenager and her role here just feels like a bit of filler. Tahar Rahim does an incredible job and is believable through all the emotions from being kidnapped and tortured to small moments of hope and understandable cynicism.