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Backstabbing for Beginners
Directed by
Per Fly
R
2018
1h 48m
Thriller
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Drama
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6.3
41%
52%
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A young program coordinator at the United Nations stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Iraq's oil reserves.
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Cast of Backstabbing for Beginners
Theo James
Michael
Jacqueline Bisset
Christina Dupre
Ben Kingsley
Pasha
Rossif Sutherland
Trevor
Brian Markinson
Rasnetsov
Rachel Wilson
Lily
Belçim Bilgin
Nashim
Shauna MacDonald
Reporter
Daniela Lavender
Ruth
Aidan Devine
Justin Cutter
Peshang Rad
Hassan
Mishu Vellani
Award Presenter
Dwight Ireland
U.S. Customs Agent
Elena Khan
Prisoner
Hattie Kragten
Kate
Alex Hatz
WSJ Editor
Carlos Pinder
Cabbie
Zahir Gilani
Bearded Man
Abbas Abdulghani
Kurdish Imam
Fabio Lusvarghi
United Nations Staff
Backstabbing for Beginners Ratings & Reviews
Detroit News
Adam Graham
It fails to make its subject matter interesting.
Spectrum Culture
Josh Goller
Takes an unsexy geopolitical scandal and makes it even more drab.
Observer
Rex Reed
It involves so much internecine crime that it would be hard to understand under any circumstances, but this film is a drier head-scratcher than it needs to be.
AXS.com
Tom Santilli
Ben Kingsley - who is always great - does some scenery-chewing as Soussan's more experienced boss, but even Kingsley's presence isn't enough to make things work.
AARP Movies for Grownups
Tim Appelo
Kingsley almost convinces you that losing 35 percent to corruption is just "the growing pains of a new democracy."
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
Backstabbing for Beginners doesn't convey the complexities of this scandal nor the troubled, compromised humanity of its characters.
Film Threat
Bobby LePire
Backstabbing For Beginners is a mesmerizing, intense watch with beautiful acting and powerful directing.
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
A rather tame cinematic thriller...highly embellished but pallid account of a real-life scandal.
Slant Magazine
Derek Smith
It fills the screen with a series of explicative conversations set in offices, hotels, and cars throughout which people don't so much talk to each other as indirectly to the audience.
Los Angeles Times
Michael Rechtshaffen
Despite delivering few actual thrills, the fact-based "Backstabbing for Beginners" qualifies as an intelligent, well-crafted political thriller...
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
An inert would-be thriller.
Village Voice
Alan Scherstuhl
Simply put, there's not much suspense here, and Fly's occasional efforts at thriller-style confrontations and killings prove less fascinating than Pasha's justifications.
Variety
Jessica Kiang
An elegantly shot, compelling impression of the compromises and corruptions of the international aid world, and the compromised, corrupt, but not necessarily evil people who run it.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Betty Jo Tucker
Theo James, whose voice is quite engaging and easy on the ears, also narrates 'BFB,' which helps us follow this complicated fictionalized version of Michael Soussan's compelling memoir.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
Although the narrative momentum lags in spots, the film takes advantage of strong performances and captures its inherent moral complexity without turning didactic or heavy-handed.
Fort Worth Weekly
Kristian M. Lin
This movie would be considerably better if it just removed most of Michael's voiceover narration, which drones on at length about Iraqi politics, Michael's family history, and the inner workings of the U.N.
Shockya.com
Harvey S. Karten
Digs deep into the corruption of one UN program.
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