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Backstabbing for Beginners

Movie
2018
1h 48m
R
English
Thriller, Drama, History
User Score: 
6.1
Critic Score: 
43
Backstabbing for Beginners' Poster
An idealistic young employee at the U.N. investigates the grizzly murder of his predecessor – and uncovers a vast global conspiracy that may involve his own boss.
Backstabbing for Beginners Poster

Backstabbing for Beginners

R
Movie
2018
1h 48m
English
Thriller, Drama, History
An idealistic young employee at the U.N. investigates the grizzly murder of his predecessor – and uncovers a vast global conspiracy that may involve his own boss.
Rating
WATCHMODE
6.1
IMDB
Backstabbing for Beginners (2018) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
43

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Theo James
Michael
Jacqueline Bisset
Christina Dupre
Aidan Devine
Justin Cutter
Mishu Vellani
Award Presenter
Dwight Ireland
U.S. Customs Agent
Elena Khan
Prisoner
Alex Hatz
WSJ Editor
Zahir Gilani
Bearded Man
Abbas Abdulghani
Kurdish Imam
Fabio Lusvarghi
United Nations Staff
Directed By: Per Fly
Written By: Daniel Pyne (Screenplay), Per Fly (Screenplay), + 1 more

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jarvis-8243417 says...
5 years ago
Based on a bestselling memoir, Backstabbing for Beginners reveals the remarkable story behind one of the biggest modern political scandals. The film follows a young idealistic UN diplomat who’s assigned to assist in the Iraq Oil for Food program, but he soon discovers that there’s wide scale corruption. Starring Theo James and Ben Kingsley, the film has a pretty good cast that delivers strong performances. James and Kingsley have especially good chemistry, particularly in their tête-à-têtes about the realities of politics and diplomacy, which also speaks to the strength of the script in how it discusses the types of corruption that were going on and the moral compromises that were being made for “the greater good.” However, at times it is a little vague about the deals being struck and who’s on which side. Yet despite some problems, Backstabbing for Beginners is a compelling true life story.
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faithful soul says...
6 years ago
A competent but dry film; ardent followers of the scandal at the heart of the story will find few surprises, either.
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Davezn says...
7 years ago
Based on a true story, all about corruption in the food for oil NATO programme in the early 90's. Good acting, but a little slow. Not an action movie but Worth a watch.
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