"The Amateur"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

For this week's main podcast review, Katie Johnson, Josh Parham, Alyssa Christian, Daniel Howat, and I are reviewing and discussing "The Amateur," starring Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, and Laurence Fishburne. Based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Robert Littell, which was previously adapted into a Canadian film that same year, the film tells the story of a CIA decoder who goes rogue on a global mission for justice after his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack when his superiors refuse to act, using nothing but his intellect. What did we think of it? Please tune in as we discuss the story, performances, thrills, potential for a sequel, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of The Amateur.
0:05.6	You never wonder what they do with all the stuff you dig up for them?
0:08.3	That's not my job.
0:09.8	No, but you never wonder?
0:11.7	No, it's the CIA. I got to trust that they'll make the right call.
0:15.0	Maybe it's better not to know.
0:16.7	Love you.
0:17.7	Love you.
0:19.3	Bye.
0:20.1	Bye.
0:24.6	Charlie, I think you need to see this. What is this?
0:26.6	What is this?
0:28.6	Your wife has been killed.
0:32.6	What you do is very important to what we do.
0:43.3	Let us handle this.
0:45.3	I want mission-specific training, cash, and a new identity.
0:49.3	Have you lost your mind?
0:51.3	I want to find and kill the people who murdered my wife. Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
0:56.0	I don't think you could beat a 90-year-old nun in an arm wrestling match.
1:00.0	I want to face my wife's killers.
1:03.0	Look them in the eyes and balance the scales.
1:09.0	Take it. Take it.
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