'A Mighty Heart' Misses Karachi's Compassionate Heart

by New America Media (reposted)

Sat, Jun 23, 2007 8:53AM

Saturday, June 23, 2007 :Pakistan Link , Review, Ras Siddiqui, Posted: Jun 22, 2007 The Paramount Pictures film “A Mighty Heart” is all set to hit the US cinema going audiences on June 22nd. This Michael Winterbottom (“Road To Guantanamo”) directed effort will attract a great deal of curiosity amongst those interested in the life of Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl, who was killed in a grizzly fashion (beheaded) in Karachi, Pakistan in the year 2002.

And since this movie had two key elements associated with it, namely journalism and Pakistan, attending its press screening at the Tower Theatre in Sacramento, California on June 13th became a must. So we headed there knowing that this was not going to be a pleasant experience, and on that note there were no surprises.

The mass market appeal of this movie lies in the “Brangelina” factor which has a number of adherents. Angelina Jolie (who plays Mariane Pearl) is usually a sufficient attraction by herself. Here she teams up with hubby Brad Pitt (one of this film’s producers) giving this Brad-Angelina factor its partial completeness, which could have become whole only if Mr. Pitt had played the role of Daniel Pearl (played here by Dan Futterman). But one is deviating from the movie here by dwelling too much on the duo, because on numerous occasions the story actually overpowers the actors and actresses in this film.

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