Rosewater

All well and good—and, again, damn near unquestionably sincere...

...gripping, intelligent directorial debut of TV personality Jon Stewart, who also wrote the screenplay, based on Bahari’s post-prison memoir, “Then They Came For Me.”

...Danish Kim Bodnia is the movie’s secret weapon as his tormentor, a tightly wound knot of fear and (self-)loathing whose fury toward his captive is fuelled by his own pathetically powerless circumstance.

Gripping, humane and lighter than it sounds, Stewart’s first foray into directing suggests that he was right to quit the day job.

Stewart has created a humane black tragicomedy...

...the comedian proves his dramatic chops.