A Mighty Heart

I've always claimed I didn't like Angelina Jolie but this is another movie which definitely made me change my mind, along with Changeling and Gia. Because this is yet another movie she carries to the top, playing it so rightly. Based on the novel written by Marianne Pearl, this movie is about the above quoted wife of beheaded journalist Daniel Pearl, killed in Pakistan in 2003.

Jolie plays Marianne Pearl, between the days following her husband's kidnapping at the end of January 2003 and the discovery of his body (early February) and of the gruesome video of his beheading. Knowing it really happened makes this movie even more moving and intense, especially since most of us remember having heard (or seen?) the news on TV.

The entire cast plays brilliant parts, which was a must while treating a contemporary event, otherwise this would have resulted in a tearsome and cheesy drama, whereas here it is absolutely true to the point.