I had the wrong take on this film initially - I thought Gervais and Bana were a solid duo at work, and then together plotted to dodge the trip to the war zone when assigned there. So yeah I got a surprise when the movie was different, and Gervais lost the passports etc. But that was a good thing. There were enough surprises as the movie progresses to make it worth the watch. Each escalation of their ruse was great, I especially liked the kidnapping video scene. Farmiga's character was so icky and great at the same time, she played it well, made you really cringe when she was out clearly money grabbing for herself. The only bit that lost me was when Gervais pulled a wad of cash out in the roadhouse in the war zone then promptly got kidnapped, it was sort of in his character but just absurd thing to do and I felt it right out of place, and just an excuse to get kidnapped for real. The last 1/4 of the film was not as good. But overall worth it.
Review of Special Correspondents
