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NUMBERS
Box Office: $121,468,960
VHS Rentals: $24,040,000
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CONSENSUS
Matt Damon makes a convincing action hero in this solid, if old-fashioned (in the good sense), thriller.
CAST & CREW
Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Directed by Doug Liman
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SYNOPSIS
As THE BOURNE IDENTITY begins, a man who may or may not be Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is found floating in the Mediterranean Sea and is hauled onto a fishing boat. more...
MPAA RATING
PG-13, violence and some language
RUNTIME
1 hour, 56 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Jun 14, 2002
Video: Jan 21, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
Universal Pictures
GENRE
Action/Adventure, Suspense, Thriller, Europe, Secret Agents, Based On A Novel
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official The Bourne Identity Site
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 "I complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again, but The Bourne Identity proves that a fresh take is always possible."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
 "The characters are so generic and the plot so bland that even as rogue CIA assassins working for Chris Cooper's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac, we don't feel much for Damon/Bourne or his predicament."
-- Todd Anthony, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
" No message, no theme, very little joking around, just an intense and focused espionage thriller that is extraordinarily hard-hitting and mature for a PG-13 film."
-- Ross Anthony, HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD
"Kudos to director Doug Liman for injecting textbook spy fare with slick intelligence and a truckload of tension."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, AUFMUTH.COM
"Provide[s] nail-biting suspense and credible characters without relying on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue."
-- Bruce Bennett, SPECTRUM (ST. GEORGE, UTAH)
"Liman, of Swingers and Go, makes his big-budget action film debut something of a clunker as he delivers a long, low-heat chase, interrupted by a middling car chase."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"The screenplay never lets us forget that Bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him . . . There is never really a true “us” versus “them”."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"An edgy thriller that delivers a surprising punch."
-- Jim Chastain, NORMAN TRANSCRIPT
"A well-executed spy-thriller."
-- Jeffrey Chen, WINDOW TO THE MOVIES
""The Bourne Identity" creates its own new coherence of indie arthouse and commercial thriller.
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-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"It appears that I've underestimated young Mr. Damon. He's a real badass
after all."
-- Rose 'Bams' Cooper, 3BLACKCHICKS REVIEW
"...somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks."
-- Spyder Darling, NY ROCK
"A close-to-solid espionage thriller with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late."
-- Mark Dujsik, MARK REVIEWS MOVIES
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"The entertaining new film version of Robert Ludlum's 1980 spy thriller, The Bourne Identity, adds a crisp, tangy autumnal feel to the hot dog days of summer moviegoing."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"There's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity that's packed with just as much intelligence as action."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"Damon brings the proper conviction to his role as [Jason Bourne]."
-- Matt Brunson, CREATIVE LOAFING
"As if trying to grab a lump of Play-Doh, the harder that Liman tries to squeeze his story, the more details slip out between his fingers."
-- Larry Carroll, COUNTINGDOWN.COM
"A composition of gestures stripped of romance and presented in their barest forms."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"It’s a smart, solid, kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn. Nothing overly original, mind you, but solidly entertaining."
-- Cory Cheney, URBAN TULSA WEEKLY
"...with “The Bourne Identity” we return to the more traditional action genre."
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"...enough to make a fan of the genre quite happy."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"Bourne, Jason Bourne. He can scale a building like a super hero, he can out-stealth any agent, he'll get the girl. He's Super Spy!"
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"It moves quickly, adroitly, and without fuss; it doesn't give you time to reflect on the inanity -- and the Cold War datedness -- of its premise."
-- David Edelstein, SLATE
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FRESH 82%
Avg. Rating: 7.3/10 |
"It wouldn't be measurable in g-forces, but there is enough forward motion in The Bourne Identity to pin audiences backwards and enough nervous tension to put them on the edge."
-- John Anderson, NEWSDAY
"Nicely paced and fits the bill for those in search of two hours of spy-based action and martial arts."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"The Bourne Identity is what summer screen escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownups."
-- Mike Clark, USA TODAY
"The Bourne Identity, starring Matt Damon, is a blast from the past dressed up as current-day fare. But this retro thriller still packs a powerful punch."
-- Paul Clinton, CNN
"Doug Liman, the director of Bourne, directs the traffic well, gets a nice wintry look from his locations, absorbs us with the movie's spycraft and uses Damon's ability to be focused and sincere."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"A lean, deftly shot, well-acted, weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s European-set spy pictures."
-- Jonathan Foreman, NEW YORK POST
"The film's greatest asset is how much it's not just another connect-the-dots, spy-on-the-run picture."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"Plays like John Le Carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"For all its shoot-outs, fistfights, and car chases, this movie is a phlegmatic bore, so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears, starring Ben Affleck, seem downright Hitchcockian."
-- Renee Graham, BOSTON GLOBE
"The Bourne Identity shouldn't be half as entertaining as it is, but director Doug Liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood."
-- Eric Harrison, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
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"Not a bad choice here, assuming that... the air-conditioning in the theater is working properly."
-- Curtis Edmonds, TXREVIEWS.COM
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