
Mason Skiles had a great life as a diplomat in Beirut. He and his wife, Nadia, live in a beautiful house and have been mentoring a thirteen year-old Palestinian boy named Karim. The opening scene is a party that the Stiles are hosting for other dignitaries. Karim is helping out serving the guests. When a CIA friend of Mason, Cal, comes to the party he is interested only in taking Karim in for questioning about an older brother Mason doesn't know about. What happens that night... (Full plot summary below)
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Mason Skiles had a great life as a diplomat in Beirut. He and his wife, Nadia, live in a beautiful house and have been mentoring a thirteen year-old Palestinian boy named Karim. The opening scene is a party that the Stiles are hosting for other dignitaries. Karim is helping out serving the guests. When a CIA friend of Mason, Cal, comes to the party he is interested only in taking Karim in for questioning about an older brother Mason doesn't know about. What happens that night changes Mason's life forever, along several others at the party...
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| Baret NewsKam WilliamsA raw, super-realistic tale of revenge, set in a godforsaken kill zone not on this critic's bucket list. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranEven decades after it was written Beirut is as relevant as it is entertaining, and it is very entertaining indeed. |
| Big Apple ReviewsHarvey S. KartenJon Hamm is well cast as a hostage negotiator in Lebanon but the film's maze of plots is confusing, thereby lacking real tension. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip MartinThis is a smart and substantive film, well worth the attention of fans of John le Carre and Graham Greene. |
| KDHX (St. Louis)Diane CarsonNo, this isn't a documentary, but it would benefit from delving deeper into issues. |
| The Film StageDan SchindelIf ever you needed a reminder as to how much Hollywood still really, really hates Muslims, look no further than the opening of Beirut. |
| Georgia StraightKen EisnerSomewhat stiff but still engaging spy thriller. |
| AXS.comTom SantilliNothing within "Beirut" stands out as exceptional or even all that memorable, but it is an effective spy-drama that benefits greatly from Jon Hamm's performance. |
| NPRMark JenkinsIt's hardly a stretch for Hamm to play a man who's clever, disenchanted, and charismatically dissolute. But he does it as surely as he ever has, and Pike is more convincing as a Yank than she was a German in 7 Days in Entebbe. |
| Washington PostAnn HornadayBeirut is an engaging, well-crafted thriller, offering a showcase not just for Hamm but for Rosamund Pike (playing his levelheaded handler) and an ensemble of terrific character actors, including Dean Norris, Shea Whigham and Larry Pine. |