The Translators

If you love books, foreign languages, and mystery then this is going to be your new favourite! The movie is setup perfectly, and then one plot twist follows the other. The subtitles were a bit distracting but I loved watching such a good film in a language other than English. The plot might look far fetched at times but, it deals with an industry of billions of dollars, and when money is involved, even what the film shows shouldn't seem so unrealistic. Multiple languages are heard throughout the film, but in small edible bites so it is not tiring. I genuinely enjoyed it!

Overly and unnecessarily complex plot, which seemed to embrace implausible complexity simply for the sake of it. Implausible motivations, and artificial characters that drew no sympathy.

I found this quite boring & slow except for the end when you found out who did what. A few smart twists make it interesting enough to continue watching through the boring parts

I almost feel sorry for this movie. I think it had such a great potential and could even be better as a mini-series. The plot is good, but I didn't like the storytelling, how they chose to unfold the story. The setting is good, the characters are interesting, and the first part of the movie was logical and near perfect. But starting somewhere in the middle the movie started to fall apart. All of a sudden, without any warning, they tell you who is the hacker. So the final twist becomes not so much a twist because there were clues dropped earlier, and now it has become obvious. I think the writers could have worked a little harder to tell the story in a more captivating way. For example, there could be more flashbacks to the characters' lives, or events in the past that led to the situation.

Nevertheless, I quite enjoyed the movie. Lambert Wilson is wonderful, as always, and a joy to watch and listen to in both French and English. Other actors are fine with me, too - except, perhaps, Sara Giraudeau who is frankly very unconvincing in her small role as the PA to a boss from hell. The soundtrack is also great, very suspenseful and spot on.

-(Who done it?) theme is one of the most entertaining themes for me, so did I enjoy that movie? well yes!

-Movies with this theme either try to help the viewer by pointing on a character then reveal another character as the criminal, pointing on a character then reveal him as the criminal or not pointing on anyone then reveal the criminal. The creativity in telling such this story is to make the reveal moment a huge thing, plot twisted moment and MAKE SENSE.

-The first act was good nearly great, the script was organized, the writer focused on setting up the crime, it was all good 'till the last half of second act everything started to be messed up, starting from the mystery solving it was childish and illogical, then things got confused and I started to ask myself "What did just happen? What is he saying? What are you talking about?", then a flood of "Deus ex machina" that happened about 3 times last 20 minutes

-I enjoyed the movie but it could be a way better.