Rosamund Pike plays celebrated war correspondent Marie Colvin, who was dauntless in covering some of the most notorious conflicts in recent history. This film spends more time with her on assignment than it does revealing much about her personal life and what drives her. As such, this is a war movie that re-creates some dispiritingly tragic situations, but the emotional impact of such horrors never grabs hold. Combine that with the cursory personal insights and you have an informative, but not especially moving biopic. Still, Pike manages to bring a strong, stolid resolve to her courageous, yet venerable character.
(3 / 5)