The Tourist (2010)

The Tourist rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6/10· 267K votes

Rotten Tomatoes21%

Metacritic37%

TMDb6.181/10· 6K votes

With 21% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6/10 on IMDb and 37/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About The Tourist

American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.

Cast of The Tourist

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  Johnny Depp

  as Frank Tupelo

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  Angelina Jolie

  as Elise Clifton-Ward

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  Paul Bettany

  as Inspector John Acheson

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  Timothy Dalton

  as Chief Inspector Jones

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  Steven Berkoff

  as Reginald Shaw

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  Rufus Sewell

  as The Englishman

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  Christian De Sica

  as Colonnello Lombardi

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  Alessio Boni

  as Sergente Cerato

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  Daniele Pecci

  as Tenente Narduzzi

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  Giovanni Guidelli

  as Tenente Tommassini

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  Raoul Bova

  as Conte Filippo Gaggia

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  Bruno Wolkowitch

  as Capitaine Courson

The Tourist facts

Budget

$100M

Box office

$278.7M

Our take on The Tourist

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, this 2010 romantic thriller opens on a train to Venice, where American tourist Frank meets Elise, an alluring, secretive British woman. A flirtation seems to blossom, but Elise is clearly not who she appears to be, and Frank is drawn into intrigue he doesn't understand. Trading on glamorous locations, elegant leads, and a light, twisty tone, the film mixes action, romance, and mystery into breezy escapism rather than gritty suspense. It suits viewers who enjoy stylish travelogue thrillers with a playful edge and don't demand hard-edged tension. Anyone seeking taut, high-stakes plotting may find it slight, but as a good-looking, low-effort diversion it goes down easily.