Beyond Borders Movie Review 2003

Decades-spanning romance between an over-zealous doctor and a lovely do-gooder suffers from a too-earnest presentation and romantic cliches. Dashing doctor Nick (Owen) inspires American socialite Sarah (Jolie) to leave her stuffy British hubby (Roache) and really get involved in international aid relief rather than just writing a check. She follows the doc to Ethiopia and later to Cambodia and Checknya (film goes from 1984-1995), where the trouble-prone Nick has apparently been kidnapped. At least the film inspired Jolie personally since she became a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and adopted her son from Cambodia.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 127 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Flashback, Romantic Drama, Doctors & Nurses, Period Piece: 1980s, Rescue Missions, Asia, Africa, Russia/USSR, London

Screenplay

Caspian Tredwell-Owen

Cast

Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, Teri Polo, Linus Roache, Yorick Van Wageningen, Noah Emmerich, Kate Ashfield, Jamie Bartlett, Timothy West, Kate Trotter, Burt Kwouk

Cinematography

Phil Meheux

Director

Martin Campbell

Music

James Horner

Other

Pud Cusack, Nicholas Beauman, Leslie Tomkins, Norma Moriceau, Wolf Kroeger

Producer

Dan Halstead, Lloyd Phillips, Mandalay Pictures, Camelot, Paramount Pictures