The Stranger

(FILM) Stephen Gaghan's second directorial effort is like an episode of Frontline on steroids. Some may call it preachy, others murky and overreaching, but its power and ambition can't be ignored. Tackling every aspect of that worldwide blight known as the oil industry—from poor Pakistanis to obscenely wealthy executives—the film is a document of our times, fully realized and never willing to dumb itself down for an audience. They don't make movies like this very often. (See Movie Times, page 79, for more info.) BRADLEY STEINBACHER

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