The life and writings of Marie Colvin are powerful insights into the experiences of the trauma of war, particularly for the voiceless victims who suffer daily unimaginable horrors. Unfortunately, the film fails to fully draw us into either the stories of the silent victims of war or the psychological battles that Colvin herself went through.
While Rosamund Pike does a decent job portraying the troubled Colvin, ultimate the script and directing leave many gaps, stories unfinished, lives not fully portrayed. Worst yet is the simple, one-sided politics of the portrayal of the wars Colvin covers. Just as with too much un-critical journalism, the portrayal of the wars are one-sided and superficial, no historical context, no global political maneuvering is presented, rather we are left with black and white villains and victims.
The movie could have been so much more, but rather reproduces a journalistic superficiality.
While Rosamund Pike does a decent job portraying the troubled Colvin, ultimate the script and directing leave many gaps, stories unfinished, lives not fully portrayed. Worst yet is the simple, one-sided politics of the portrayal of the wars Colvin covers. Just as with too much un-critical journalism, the portrayal of the wars are one-sided and superficial, no historical context, no global political maneuvering is presented, rather we are left with black and white villains and victims.
The movie could have been so much more, but rather reproduces a journalistic superficiality.