This does not feel like a film, you literally feel like a fly on the wall watching the drama unfold right in front of you. There is no special effects, action or guts or anything like thaty, you just witness one womans utter torment and determination regarding her husband.
For those who have read the book or seen the news you know the outcome and it's not a happy one but the acting is first class and you really do feel for her.
Great film, not one you will watch again and again but defiantely one for the collection

Great film.
Dissapointed Angelina Jolie didn't win an Oscar for her role playing Marianne Pearl. Perfection.

the film is based on a true story.
this film is not for those that seek 'excitement or action'
the film does lack any real 'pace' however because of it's 'fact based' and tragic subject, it does hold your attention.
'daniel pearl' and his wife played by 'angelina jolie' stay on as 'journalist's in 'karachi' after the 9/11 attack.
'daniel' believes he has an exclusive interview with an important terrorist/religous leader, who doesn't usually grant an interview.
however 'daniel's' journey is a ploy to kidnap him for bargaining purposes.
this triggers a frantic search for both 'daniel's' kidnappers
and whereabouts, which isn't helped by 'pakistan' officals
trying to apportion blame probably in the wrong direction.
'angelina jolie' plays a convincing roll in this 'hard-hitting' drama.

Angelina Jolie gives an Oscar winning performance in this harrowing, but well handled, true story of Daniel Pearl, the reporter who was beheaded by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002.
Jolie plays Marianne, Daniel's wife, and she captures the mood and anxiety perfectly. Directed by Michael Winterbottom, who has made up for 2004's awful 9 Songs, puts the viewer in the midst of the proceedings and uses the camera with a fly on the wall, documentary style approach. With an excellent supporting cast, the film has a tense a very real feel to it.

But it is Angelina Jolie who shines here, she doesn't overplay it, she portrays Marianne as a strong, independent woman whose sole purpose is in finding her husband. Expect a few nods come Oscar time.